Affiliation:
1. The University of Utah , USA
2. University of California San Diego , USA
Abstract
Abstract
Research has demonstrated how membership in more democratic regional intergovernmental organizations (ROs) can strengthen the prospects for democracy. However, a significant number of ROs are dominated by autocratic members who have quite different preferences: to limit democratic contagion and consolidate authoritarian rule against democratic challengers. We outline a menu of mechanisms through which ROs with authoritarian memberships might have pernicious effects on the prospects for democratic rule. We use cross-national quantitative analyses to demonstrate that membership in more deeply authoritarian international organizations is associated with autocratization. We supplement the quantitative results with an analysis of twenty-nine of the most authoritarian ROs and illustrative case studies. The multi-method approach strengthens inference by showing that authoritarian international organizations do in fact engage in behaviors inimical to democratic rule.
Funder
Smith Richardson Foundation
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science
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