Political Question

Read the articles,  Institutional Characteristics and Regime Survival: Why Are Semi-Democracies Less Durable Than Autocracies and Democracies?   by Knutson and Nygard (2015), and  Legal Manoeuvres And Violence: Law Making, Protest And Semi-Authoritarianism In Uganda , by Goodfellow (2014), which are required reading for this week. Based on these articles, respond to the following:

· What do the authors mean by semi-authoritarian regimes?

· Identify one country that is currently in the news that fits the definition of a semi-authoritarian regime.

· Why do you identify this country as such?