Dictocrats and Dictobrats – James Loxton on Why We Elect Former Dictators and Their Children
In the new episode of our series produced in collaboration with the Journal of Democracy, Ferenc Laczó speaks with James Loxton about his article, “Why We Elect Former Dictators and Their Children.”
James Loxton discusses prominent cases of former dictators or the children of former dictators being elected democratically as president or prime minister; how suchleaders deal with their authoritarian inheritance; what we might have misunderstood about democratization in the light of this rather widespread phenomenon;and how it might be countered more effectively in the future.
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