Research Question:
By adopting Weeks’ denominations of non-democratic states, is there variation in the duration of violent conflict between the Boss and the Strongman classifications and why? Theoretical Argument:
Our theoretical argument will be based off the assumption of Weeks’ classifications of non-democratic states. These classifications are defined by an autocracy’s constraints and audiences. While Weeks researched the onset of conflict across non-democratic states, we will be researching the duration of conflict across non-democratic states. We will be narrowing our scope even further and only comparing the duration of conflict between the two types of personalistic autocracies. These two types vary in their leaders or audiences.
By adopting Weeks’ denominations of non-democratic states, is there variation in the duration of violent conflict between the Boss and the Strongman classifications and why? Theoretical Argument:
Our theoretical argument will be based off the assumption of Weeks’ classifications of non-democratic states. These classifications are defined by an autocracy’s constraints and audiences. While Weeks researched the onset of conflict across non-democratic states, we will be researching the duration of conflict across non-democratic states. We will be narrowing our scope even further and only comparing the duration of conflict between the two types of personalistic autocracies. These two types vary in their leaders or audiences.