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  • 5 - The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule

  • from Part II - Theory
  • Johannes Gerschewski, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
  • Book:
    The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule
    Published online:
    06 April 2023
    Print publication:
    13 April 2023, pp 111-128

  • Summary

    This chapter brings into dialogue the insights of the three partial theory frames on legitimation, repression, and co-optation. Instead of looking at their individual functions and effects, this chapter proposes a conjunctural perspective. The conceptual cement that holds together these three frames is the concept of “complementarity.” Borrowing from the Varieties of Capitalism debate, it puts forward that complementarity can follow an understanding of contrast (A serves as the missing ingredient for B), of similarity (A and B are synergetic), or an economic approach of complementary goods (negative cross-price elasticity of A and B). The relationship between forms of legitimation, repression, and co-optation is assessed against these three understandings of complementarity. The chapter demonstrates why certain factors go together better than others, making the case for the two logics of over-politicization and de-politicization.