TY - BOOK ID - 139143386 TI - Economic shocks and authoritarian stability : duration, financial control, and institutions AU - Shih, Victor C. AU - Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) PY - 2020 SN - 0472126466 PB - Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Authoritarianism KW - New democracies KW - Economic aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:139143386 AB - Over two billion people still live under authoritarian rule. Moreover, authoritarian regimes around the world command enormous financial and economic resources, rivaling that controlled by advanced democracies. Yet, authoritarian regimes as a whole are facing their greatest challenges in the recent two decades due to rebellions and economic stress. Extended periods of hardship have the potential of introducing instability to regimes because members of the existing ruling coalition suffer welfare losses that force them to consider alternatives, while previously quiescent masses may consider collective uprisings a worthwhile gamble in the face of declining standard of living and possible elite splits. Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability hones in on the economic challenges facing authoritarian regimes through a set of comparative case studies, which include Iran, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, the Eastern bloc countries, China, and Taiwan, authored by the top experts in these countries. Through these comparative case studies, this volume provides readers with the analytical tools for assessing whether the current round of economic shocks will lead to political instability or even regime change among the world's autocracies. This volume identifies the duration of economic shocks, the regime's control over the financial system, and the strength of the ruling party as key variables to explain whether authoritarian regimes would maintain the status quo, adjust their support coalitions, or fall from power after economic shocks. ER -