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The International Dimensions of Authoritarian Legitimation: The Impact of Regime Evolution

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While traditional theories of legitimacy have focused on the nation-state, authoritarian regimes and democracies alike seek legitimation not only in the domestic realm but also from international sources. This paper argues that the degree to, and the form in, which they do so depend on the regime's origins, characteristics, and evolution, rather than being mere consequences of changes in the international context. Empirically, the paper draws on the case of the Cuban regime since the 1959 revolution. In particular, it analyzes how the regime's transition from a charismatic to a bureaucratic model of state socialism in the post-Fidel succession era led to a reconfiguration in the regime's legitimation strategy, wherein it has greatly downsized its once expansive international dimensions.

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  • Hoffmann, Bert, 2011. "The International Dimensions of Authoritarian Legitimation: The Impact of Regime Evolution," GIGA Working Papers 182, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
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    1. Bert Hoffmann, 2001. "Transformation and continuity in Cuba," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 33(1), pages 1-20, March.
    2. Hoffmann, Bert, 2011. "Civil Society 2.0?: How the Internet Changes State-Society Relations in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Cuba," GIGA Working Papers 156, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    3. Hoffmann, Bert, 2005. "Emigration and Regime Stability: Explaining the Persistence of Cuban Socialism," GIGA Working Papers 2, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    4. Robert Huish, 2011. "Punching above its Weight: Cuba's use of sport for South–South co-operation," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 417-433.
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