Dictatorships: Their Governance and Social Consequences

Princeton University, April 25-26, 2008

Friday, April 25, 2008

8:30 – 10:30    Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University

Coordination among Opposition Parties in Authoritarian Elections

                        Discussant: Joseph Wright, Princeton University

Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University

Authoritarian Elections and Elite Management: Theory and Evidence from Egypt

                        Discussant: Carles Boix, Princeton University                                   

BREAK

10:45 – 12:45  Armando Razo, Indiana University

Social Structures, Informal Institutions, and Governance in Dictatorships

                        Discussant: Abel Escribà-Folch, IBEI

Jason Brownlee, University of Texas

Credible Commitments and Incumbent Intolerance: Why Egypt’s Moderate Opposition is Met by Repression

Discussants: Lisa Blaydes and Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University

LUNCH

2:00 – 4:00      Joseph Wright, Princeton University

Legislatures and Regime Survival: Why Strong Authoritarian Institutions Help Democratization

                        Discussant: Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University

Carles Boix, Princeton University, and Milan Svolik, University of Illinois

The Foundations of Limited Authoritarian Government: Institutions and Power-sharing in Dictatorships

Discussant: Barbara Geddes, UCLA

BREAK

4:15 – 6:15 Barbara Geddes, UCLA

Strategic Party Creation in Authoritarian Regimes

Discussant: Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School

Konstantin Sonin, New Economic School

Coalition Formation in Nondemocracies

                        Discussant: Alastair Smith, New York University

Saturday, April 26, 2008

9:00 – 11:00    Beatriz Magaloni and Jeremy Wallace, Stanford University

Protest and Authoritarian Survival

Discussant: Jason Brownlee, University of Texas

Alastair Smith, New York University

Revolutionary Pressures and the Survival of Political Leaders

Discussant: Milan Svolik, University of Illinois

BREAK

11:15 – 12:15  Abel Escriba-Folch, IBEI

Dealing With Tyranny: International Sanctions and Autocrats’ Duration

Discussant: Armando Razo, Indiana University

LUNCH AND GENERAL DISCUSSION

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Sponsors:

The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

The Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice