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the process of regime building and legitimisation strategies including elite management, elite co-optation, managing opposition. The
dissertation is going to be about Rojava region in Northern Syria.

Some of the references to use:
Gerschewski, Johannes. 2013. “The Three Pillars of Stability: Legitimation, Repression, and Co-Optation in Autocratic Regimes.” Democratization 20(1): 13–38.
Richter, Thomas. 2007. “The Political Economy of Regime Maintenance in Egypt: Linking External Resources and Domestic Legitimation.” In Debating Arab Authoritarianism:
Dynamics and Durability in Nondemocratic Regimes, ed. Oliver Schlumberger. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 177–93. (and other chapters in the edited volume).
Gilley, Bruce. 2009. The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy. New York: Columbia University Press.
Schlumberger, Oliver. 2010. “Opening Old Bottles in Search of New Wine: On Nondemocratic Legitimacy in the Middle East.” Middle East Critique 19(3): 233–50.
Hinnebusch, Raymond. 2006. “Authoritarian Persistence, Democratization Theory and the Middle East: An Overview and Critique.” Democratization 13(3): 373–95.
Albrecht, Holger. 2005. “How Can Opposition Support Authoritarianism? Lessons from Egypt.” Democratization 12(3): 378–97.
Greene, K F. 2009. “The Political Economy of Authoritarian Single-Party Dominance.” Comparative Political Studies 43(7): 807–34.
Wright, Joseph. 2008. “Do Authoritarian Institutions Constrain? How Legislatures Affect Economic Growth and Investment.” American Journal of Political Science 52(2):
322–43.
Svolik, Milan W. 2012. The Politics of Authoritarian Rule. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Blaydes, Lisa. 2008. Conference on Dictatorships Authoritarian Elections and Elite Management: Theory and Evidence from Egypt. Princeton University.
https://www.princeton.edu/~piirs/Dictatorships042508/Blaydes.pdf.
Desai, Raj M., Tarik Yousef, and Olofsgård Anders. 2007. The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains: A Test of a Structural Model. Brookings Global Economy & Development.
Slater, Dan, and Sofia Fenner. 2011. “State Power and Staying Power: Infrastructural Mechanisms and Authoritarian Durability.” Journal of international Affairs 65(1):
15–29.
Boix, Carles, and Milan Svolik. 2013. “The Foundations of Limited Authoritarian Government: Institutions, Commitment, and Power-Sharing in Dictatorships.” The Journal
of Politics 75(2): 300–316.
Bove, Vincenzo, and Mauricio Rivera. 2015. “Elite Co-Optation, Repression, and Coups in Autocracies.” International Interactions 41(3): 453–79.