All in the Family: North Korea and the Fate of Hereditary Autocratic Regimes

@article{Mastro2020AllIT,
  title={All in the Family: North Korea and the Fate of Hereditary Autocratic Regimes},
  author={Oriana Skylar Mastro},
  journal={Survival},
  year={2020},
  volume={62},
  pages={103 - 124},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:216340612}
}
  • O. Mastro
  • Published 3 March 2020
  • Political Science
  • Survival
Even though the Kim regime has been an exception, the pattern of rapid, unexpected regime collapse among hereditary autocracies indicates a need for policymakers to be prepared. 
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