When People Want Punishment: Retributive Justice and the Puzzle of Authoritarian Popularity
Summer 2022Cambridge University Press · 2021
Why are some authoritarian regimes popular with their citizens, while many democratic regimes are mistrusted or held in contempt? In this book, Tsai provides a theory for understanding when ordinary people are more likely to favor illiberal and authoritarian leaders and provides a unified framework for understanding authoritarian resilience and democratic fragility.