Stockemer, Daniel and Kailitz, Steffen  <br/><br/>
Economic development: How does it influence the survival of different types of autocracy? 

 - International Political Science Review   
 - 41(5), Nov, 2020: p.711-727 
<br/><br/> Modernization theory is one of the most influential theories in political science. However, to date, studies testing the impact of modernization on political regimes have almost completely focused on democracies. We aim at broadening the discussion to autocracies and ask the following research question: What impact has economic development on the survival of different types of autocracy? Using data covering 1946 to 2016, we ascertain – mainly through logistic regression analysis – that the level of economic development affects not only the endurance of democracies but also that of various types of autocracy. In more detail, we find that economic development prolongs the survival of ideocracies and personalist autocracies. The effect of economic modernization on military dictatorships, monarchies and electoral autocracies is very limited. In contrast, one party autocracies are the only regime type whose survival chances (moderately) decrease with modernization. – Reproduced  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Modernization, Regime legitimation, Regime durability, Autocracies, Political regime types