Authoritarian-era institutional choices can shape political behavior after democratic openings.

Evidence

To date, most literature approaches the causes of electoral violence from a short-term analytical vantage point, focusing on the immediate dynamics or institutional context of electoral contests. Second, we tally with an emerging literature highlighting how institutional choices during authoritarian rule generate legacies that structure political choice when democratic openings occur. While previous research recognizes ethnic conflict as a critical challenge to democracy in multi-ethnic settings and unpacks different measures to counter such conflicts, it is less recognized that strategies to address conflict in heterogeneous societies were also prevalent during authoritarian rule. — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 13

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Authoritarian political systems can shape minds that preserve the status quo — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2932; Authoritarian coalition-building approaches shape post-transition political incentives. — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 30; Inclusive authoritarian legacies reduce zero-sum ethnic politics during democratic transitions — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 38 (+8 more)

Related

• Authoritarian coalition-building approaches shape post-transition political incentives. (similarity 0.89)
• Inclusive authoritarian legacies reduce zero-sum ethnic politics during democratic transitions (similarity 0.85)
• Authoritarian-rule legacies plausibly drive electoral violence beyond Africa (similarity 0.85)
• Authoritarian regimes’ breadth of ethnic inclusion shapes post-transition electoral violence risk. (similarity 0.84)
• Exclusionary authoritarian regimes cultivate zero-sum perceptions that outlast them and drive electoral violence (similarity 0.83)
• Authoritarian-era rhetoric norms constrain whether elites can later mobilize voters through ethnic hostility. (similarity 0.83)
• Preventing ethnic dominance reduces electoral violence during democratic transitions (similarity 0.83)
• Exclusionary authoritarian coalitions seed later electoral violence while inclusive ones do not. (similarity 0.83)
• Exclusionary versus cooperative elite coalition legacies shape post-transition electoral violence risk. (similarity 0.82)
• Electoral violence in ethnically divided societies erupts when elections become ethnic head counts. (similarity 0.81)
• Scholars treated authoritarian legacies as purely destabilizing to new democracies (similarity 0.80)
• Authoritarian ruling parties normally lack incentives to develop responsive governance skills (similarity 0.80)
• Inclusive versus exclusive authoritarian ruling coalitions shape electoral violence risk. (similarity 0.79)
• Lifting authoritarian repression explains only some post-transition ethnic violence. (similarity 0.79)
• Authoritarian regimes vary in how inclusively they build ethnic ruling coalitions. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Inclusive authoritarian legacies reduce zero-sum ethnic politics during democratic transitions #exemplifies (0.92) — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 38
• Authoritarian coalition-building approaches shape post-transition political incentives. #exemplifies (0.88) — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 30
• Authoritarian political systems can shape minds that preserve the status quo #expands (0.78) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2932