TY - BOOK ID - 118395440 TI - The two logics of autocratic rule PY - 2023 SN - 1009199404 1009199420 1009199412 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Despotism KW - Political stability. KW - Political persecution. KW - Legitimacy of governments. KW - Governments, Legitimacy of KW - Legitimacy (Constitutional law) KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Revolutions KW - Sovereignty KW - State, The KW - General will KW - Political stability KW - Regime change KW - Political repression KW - Repression, Political KW - Persecution KW - Civil rights KW - Destabilization (Political science) KW - Political instability KW - Stability, Political KW - Legitimacy of governments KW - Absolutism KW - Autocracy KW - Tyranny KW - Authoritarianism KW - Dictatorship KW - Totalitarianism KW - Philosophy. KW - Cooptation. KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Election law KW - Elections UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118395440 AB - In The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule, Gerschewski argues that all autocracies must fulfil three conditions to survive: the co-optation of key elites into their inner sanctum, the repression of potential dissent, and popular legitimation. Yet, how these conditions complement each other depends on alternative logics: over-politicization and de-politicization. While the former aims at mobilizing people via inflating a friend-foe distinction, the latter renders the people passive and apathetic, relying instead on performance-driven forms of legitimation. Gerschewski supports this two-logics theory with the empirical analysis of forty-five autocratic regime episodes in East Asia since the end of World War II. In simultaneously synthesizing and extending existing research on non-democracies, this book proposes an innovative way to understand autocratic rule that goes beyond the classic distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. It will be of interest to scholars and students of comparative politics, political theory, and East Asian politics. ER -