CAN AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES LEARN? THE CASES OF BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
Journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2014

Authoritarian learning has received scant attention in academic literature. This analysis emphasises how authoritarian regimes in the former-Soviet Union (FSU) learn from one another to consolidate authoritarianism. The argument is that regimes use similar tactics and institutions to consolidate authoritarianism. The study uses the cases of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine to offer comprehensive analysis of authoritarian consolidation. Using a methodology of case studies, longitudinal ana