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Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.7910/DVN/UPJ2BE |
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Publication Date
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2025-02-12 |
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Title
| Replication Data for: Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics |
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Author
| Daniel L. TavanaPenn StateORCID0000-0002-0633-2829 |
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Point of Contact
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Daniel L. Tavana (Penn State) |
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Description
| How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators. This article presents a theory of endogenous opposition that traces the electoral success of opposition elites to the strategic use of symbolic ideological appeals, or campaign appeals that cast politicians as allies of particular ideological movements. I present quantitative and qualitative evidence in support of my argument from Kuwait. I show that minority elites who use symbolic ideological appeals are more likely to capture voters from other minority groups. Once elected, these legislators are more likely to oppose the ruling family in the legislature. These findings challenge existing theories of authoritarian politics and point to ideology as an understudied source of opposition success in authoritarian elections. (2024-12-19) |
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Subject
| Social Sciences |
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Keyword
| Middle East, elections, authoritarian regimes, opposition, ethnic politics, legislatures |
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Notes
| This dataset underwent an independent verification process, complying with the AJPS Verification Policy updated June 2023, which replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of the code. The verification process was carried out by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences at Cornell University.
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Producer
| Daniel L. Tavana (Penn State) |
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Depositor
| Daniel L. Tavana |
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Deposit Date
| 2024-12-19 |
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Data Source
| Coppedge, Michael, Gerring, John, Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Lindberg, Staffan I., Teorell, Jan, Alizada, Nazifa, Altman, David, Bernhard, Michael, Cornell, Agnes, Fish, M. Steven, Gastaldi, Lisa, Gjerløw, Haakon, Glynn, Adam, Hicken, Allen, Hindle, Garry, Ilchenko, Nina, Krusell, Joshua, Luhrmann, Anna, Maerz, Seraphine F., Marquardt, Kyle L., McMann, Kelly, Mechkova, Valeriya, Medzihorsky, Juraj, Paxton, Pamela, Pemstein, Daniel, Pernes, Josefine, von Römer, Johannes, Seim, Brigitte, Sigman, Rachel, Skaaning, Svend-Erik, Staton, Jeffrey, Sundström, Aksel, tan Tzelgov, Ei, ting Wang, Yi, Wig, Tore, Wilson, Steven, & Ziblatt, Daniel. 2021. V-Dem Country-Year/Country-Date Dataset v11.1. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. https://v-dem.net/data/dataset-archive/country-year-v-dem-fullothers-v111/.
Tavana, Daniel L. 2025. Replication Data for: Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/UPJ2BE. |
