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</script>Working definitionAuthoritarian rulers govern systems in which political power is highly concentrated, accountability is minimal, and meaningful political competition is suppressed. While some authoritarian regimes retain elections, these no longer provide genuine opportunities for alternation in power. Unlike illiberal leaders in democracies, authoritarian incumbents rely less on democratic legitimacy and more on institutional control, coercion,...