というProject Syndicate論説をMostly Economicsが紹介している。原題は「The Dictator’s Two Dilemmas」で、著者はコロンビア大のAndrew J. Nathan。 以下はその冒頭。 Authoritarian regimes often enjoy more public support than democratic governments do. To discover why, my colleagues and I administered the Asian Barometer Survey in four waves across 14 Asian countries between 2001 and 2016. What we found is that authoritarian regimes actually suf