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How path-creating mechanisms and structural lock-ins make societies drift from democracy to authoritarianism
Rationality and Society ( IF 0.895 ) Pub Date : 2019-04-02 , DOI: 10.1177/1043463119840040
Björn Toelstede 1
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The question of how societies move between democracy and authoritarianism is of vital interest in science, as well as in the day-to-day political debate. This article contributes to this debate by exploring which mechanisms potentially encourage societies to move from democracy to authoritarianism. This article is based on the idea of traditional path dependence, tracing back to Arthur and the organizational path dependence theory by Sydow et al. Building on these theories, I examine how the so-called path-creating mechanisms can emerge and influence societies to move from democracy to authoritarianism. I develop two new concepts in this article. First, structural lock-in that describes a society deprived of its capabilities to adapt to the continuously changing environment. Second, efficient statism, describing societies which strive for higher socio-economic efficiency by embracing strong governmental forms and high conformity levels. The empirical cases presented in this article show that the path-creating mechanisms and efficient statism are regularly observable in societies. Such mechanisms put democracy at risk.

中文翻译:

路径创造机制和结构性锁定如何使社会从民主转向威权主义

社会如何在民主和威权主义之间移动的问题在科学以及日常政治辩论中都具有重要意义。本文通过探讨哪些机制可能会鼓励社会从民主转向威权主义,从而为这场辩论做出贡献。本文基于传统路径依赖的思想,追溯到 Arthur 和 Sydow 等人的组织路径依赖理论。在这些理论的基础上,我研究了所谓的路径创造机制如何出现并影响社会从民主转向威权主义。我在本文中提出了两个新概念。首先,结构锁定描述了一个社会被剥夺了适应不断变化的环境的能力。二、高效的国家主义,描述通过采用强有力的政府形式和高一致性水平来争取更高社会经济效率的社会。本文中的实证案例表明,在社会中经常可以观察到路径创造机制和有效的国家主义。这种机制将民主置于危险之中。
更新日期:2019-04-02
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