Sentences with phrase «competitive authoritarian states»

The dominant parties in southern Africa maintain their hold on power through a mix of co-option and coercion and are not unlike their counterparts in other competitive authoritarian states such as Mexico, Argentina and Russia.

In competitive authoritarian states there is a risk that when co-option becomes less tenable coercion can increase.

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In the context of China's expanding influence and attempts to gain competitive advantages against the United States, the report notes that «China is investing billions of dollars in infrastructure across the globe» as it «exploits data on an unrivaled scale and spreads features of its authoritarian system.»

Neither fully democratic nor fully authoritarian, we can only hope that the competitive authoritarian regime will prove useful as a warning to all states in transition about the pitfalls found on the road to democracy, yet given the alarming number of flawed elections we have seen in 2013, this may only be wishful thinking.