Scholars of authoritarianism have long hypothesized that conflicts arising between state elites posed a central challenge to regime durability (Gandhi & Przeworski, 2007;Svolik, 2012). They have therefore sought to identify mechanisms cementing elite cohesion despite diverging interests, ranging from patronage and co-optation strategies (Albrecht, 2015;Bellin, 2012), to shared perception of mass threat (Slater, 2010). In Regime threats and state solutions.Bureaucratic loyalty and embeddedness in Kenya, Mai Hassan investigates how bureaucratic management -civil servants' strategic appointments, transfers, and promotions by regime leaders -is uti-
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