Thriving or Thwarted? Executive Personalization and Constraints amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

• In Event: Institutional Dynamics in Separation of Power Systems

Brief Overview

This paper investigates the personalization of political power by chief executives, a rising trend observed across autocracies and democracies. Based on a novel concept we have collected data from 30 cases in the Global South during the pandemic.

Authors

• Martin Acheampong, German Institute of Global Area Studies

• Emilia Arellano, German Institute of Global and Area Studies

• Thomas Richter, German Institute of Global and Area Studies