[Pols-l] Professor Anna Grzymala-Busse on 2-21

[Rohrschneider, Robert]

Dear colleagues,
Professor Anna Grzymnala-Busse from Stanford University (https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/news/political-science-welcomes-new-faculty-member-anna-grzymala-busse) will give a talk on 2-21 at 4pm in 455 Watson. Please let me know if you'd like to meet with her individually.

Linda, would you please forward this information to graduate students (thank you!).

All the best,

Robert



The Revolution Ate Its Children? Authoritarian Successor Parties and the Consequences of their Reinvention
Abstract: Authoritarian ruling parties are among the most durable of autocratic rulers. Many nonetheless exit power and reinvent themselves as democratic successor parties. We know quite a bit about the causes of this reinvention: but little about its consequences. Using a new data set, I argue that authoritarian exit from power and subsequent democratic reinvention tend to bolster party competition and the processes of democratization, but they hurt the parties themselves. Focusing on a notable post-communist successors, I show how they were unable to sustain high standards for competence and probity, and collapsed under the weight of their electoral success. (Democratic) revolutions can thus eat their own children.

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