- Browse/Search the Program
Search
Browse By Day
Browse By Time
Browse By Person
Browse By Mini-Conference
Browse By Division
Browse By Session or Event Type
Browse Sessions by Fields of Interest
Browse Papers by Fields of Interest
- Information Menu
Search Tips
Conference
Location
About APSA
- Navigation and Settings Menu
Personal Schedule
Change Preferences / Time Zone
Sign In
- Social Media Menu
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Elites and State Capacity in Autocracies
Sun, September 8, 8:00 to 9:30am, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, 405Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel
Session Description
This collection of papers studies elites and state capacity in autocracies. Bowles examines bureaucratic state capacity using fine-grained data on Tanzanian public sector elites. Meng looks at the role of regime origins in shaping the relationship between autocratic leaders and coercive power. Peng examines how states and elites shape national identity. Shih argues that divergent interests between national and local fiscal agents exacerbates local government debt. Woldense examines how elites share power within the autocratic ruling party in Ethiopia.
Sub Unit
Individual Presentations
Representation and Human Capital in the Tanzanian Civil Service - Juan Felipe Riaño, Georgetown University; Jeremy Bowles, University College London
Authoritarian Regime Origins and Coercive Power - Anne Meng, University of Virginia
Imagined Community and Ideational Capacity of State - Peng Peng, Washington University in St Louis; Charles Chang
The Double-Edged Sword of Power-Sharing in Autocracies - Josef Woldense, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Leonardo R. Arriola, University of California, Berkeley; Terrence Lyons, George Mason University; Yosef Tadesse, UC Berkeley
Budgetary Rigidity, Exogenous Shocks & Rise of Local Government Debt in China - Victor C. Shih, UCSD; Jonathan Elkobi, Yale University