정치외교학과는 평화와 민주주의 연구소와 공동으로 수당 해외학자 콜로키움을 개최합니다. 2023년 3월 24일 금요일 오후 3시에 University of Strathclyde의 Jun Koga Sudduth 교수와 세미나를 진행할 예정이니 관심있는 분들의 많은 참여 부탁드립니다.
발표: Jun Koga Sudduth (University of Strathclyde)
주제: How Elite Purges Promote Consolidation of Power in Dictatorships”
일시: 2023.03.24(금) 15:00 ~ 16:30
Zoom ID: 810 4318 7003 (비밀번호는 이메일 공지 참조)
Abstract: How do political leaders promote the consolidation of power in dictatorships? This paper examines this question by exploring whether dictators' efforts to control personnel via elite purges allow them to further expand their power by creating institutions loyal to the dictators. Using newly collected data on elite purges between 1980 and 2010 and matching methods, I provide the first systematic analysis of whether and how elite purges enable dictators to further promote the consolidation of power by creating puppet parties and paramilitary forces. The empirical results show that repeated purges targeting high-level non-security positions within the decision-making bodies, such as cabinets and ruling parties, increase the probability that leaders create new regime parties or paramilitary forces loyal to themselves. My findings suggest that the underlying mechanism in which elite purges promote the consolidation of power has less to do with diminishing elites' abilities to oust leaders via a coup. Rather, elite purges concentrate power in the dictator's hands by allowing him to control the decision-making processes and make unconstrained decisions.