Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure

An Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure is a political coordination failure that occurs within authoritarian political systems preventing authoritarian political elites from authoritarian political collective action.

• AKA: Autocratic Coordination Problem, Dictatorial Collective Action Failure.
• Context:
  • It can typically involve Authoritarian Information Control creating authoritarian coordination uncertainty.
  • It can typically manifest Authoritarian Fear Mechanisms inhibiting authoritarian elite communication.
  • It can typically feature Authoritarian Power Concentration eliminating authoritarian institutional checks.
  • It can typically create Authoritarian Loyalty Tests generating authoritarian preference falsification.
  • It can typically maintain Authoritarian Surveillance Systems deterring authoritarian conspiracy formation.
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  • It can often produce Authoritarian Purge Dynamics targeting authoritarian potential challengers.
  • It can often generate Authoritarian Succession Crises lacking authoritarian legitimate procedures.
  • It can often sustain Authoritarian Personalist Rule through authoritarian elite atomization.
  • It can often enable Authoritarian Policy Disasters without authoritarian corrective feedback.
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  • It can range from being a Partial Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure to being a Total Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure, depending on its authoritarian coordination breakdown degree.
  • It can range from being a Elite-Level Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure to being a System-Wide Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure, depending on its authoritarian coordination scope.
  • It can range from being a Latent Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure to being a Manifest Authoritarian Political Coordination Failure, depending on its authoritarian coordination visibility.
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  • It can perpetuate Authoritarian Durability paradoxically through authoritarian elite paralysis.
  • It can dissolve during Political Bank Run when authoritarian coordination suddenly succeeds.
  • It can interact with Legitimacy Run-Out Process increasing authoritarian regime vulnerability.
  • It can be documented through Archive-Driven Historical Analysis of authoritarian regime records.
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• Example(s):
  • Authoritarian Elite Coordination Failures, such as:
    • Authoritarian Collective Action Problem preventing authoritarian dictator removal.
    • Authoritarian Coup Prevention Mechanism deterring authoritarian military intervention.
    • Authoritarian Inner Circle Paralysis maintaining authoritarian dysfunctional leadership.
  • Authoritarian Institutional Coordination Failures, such as:
    • Authoritarian Party Coordination Failure fragmenting authoritarian ruling coalitions.
    • Authoritarian Security Service Rivalry preventing authoritarian unified action.
    • Authoritarian Regional Boss Competition undermining authoritarian central control.
  • Authoritarian Information Coordination Failures, such as:
    • Authoritarian Intelligence Failure distorting authoritarian threat assessment.
    • Authoritarian Propaganda Backfire revealing authoritarian regime weakness.
    • Authoritarian Censorship Paradox highlighting authoritarian forbidden topics.
  • Authoritarian Crisis Coordination Failures, such as:
    • Authoritarian Pandemic Response Failure exposing authoritarian system weaknesses.
    • Authoritarian Economic Crisis Mismanagement accelerating authoritarian regime decline.
    • Authoritarian Natural Disaster Bungling triggering authoritarian legitimacy crisis.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Democratic Coordination Mechanism, which provides democratic institutional channels for democratic collective action.
  • Authoritarian Coordination Success, which achieves authoritarian elite unity through authoritarian effective control.
  • Revolutionary Coordination, which overcomes revolutionary collective action problems through revolutionary mass mobilization.
• See: Political Coordination Failure, Authoritarian Politics, Collective Action Theory, Dictatorship Theory, Authoritarian Collective Action Problem.

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