SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF MASS SUPPORT FOR AUTOCRACIES: LITERATURE REVIEW
Journal: Вестник Пермского университета Политология
Year: 2022

Despite the fact that autocracies are frequently portrayed in art as states where all power belongs to a single person or a group of people, such states need mass political support. The latter signals that attempts at changing the status quo have little chances of success, lowers the probability of violent revolutions, and forms democratic legitimacy, while at the same time weakening the political role of civilian population. A significant share of studies on mass support of autocracies consider