Reinventing Resistance: Opposition Renewal and the Electoral Defeat of Authoritarians

• In Event: Politics of Authoritarian Regimes

Brief Overview

Cross-country evidence shows that opposition renewals-new parties, leaders, and coalitions-double the chances of defeating authoritarian incumbents. Case studies indicate that new challengers shed the reputational burdens of entrenched opposition.

Author

• Hanna Folsz, Stanford University