Hybrid regime

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A hybrid regime is a type of political system often created as a result of an incomplete democratic transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one (or vice versa). Hybrid regimes are categorized as having a combination of autocratic features with democratic ones and can simultaneously hold political repressions and regular elections. According to some definitions and measures, hybrid regimes are commonly found in developing countries with abundant natural resources such as petro-states. Scholars disagree about the durability of hybrid regimes. Some describe them as a persistent "gray zone" rather than a stage in a transition to democracy, while quantitative studies find that regimes combining democratic and autocratic features are less durable than either democracies or autocracies and more prone to civil war. Most competitive authoritarian regimes identified in the early 1990s subsequently either democratized or were replaced by new autocracies. There has been a rise in...

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