Editing Democratization (section)

==== Death or ouster of dictator ====
One analysis found that "Compared with other forms of leadership turnover in autocracies—such as coups, elections, or term limits—which lead to regime collapse about half of the time, the death of a dictator is remarkably inconsequential. ...  of the 79 dictators who have died in office (1946–2014)... in the vast majority (92%) of cases, the regime persists after the autocrat's death."<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Andrea Kendall-Taylor |author2=Erica Frantz |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/10/when-dictators-die/ |url-access=subscription |title=When Dictators Die |magazine=Foreign Policy |date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>