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: Nondemocratic leaders have smaller coalitions and can use the rents (extra resources) created by economic restrictions to buy off their core supporters, often making them more secure rather than less. Onset and Initiation

The authors utilize the Selectorate Theory to explain why sanctions often fail against autocracies but are more effective against democracies: 2007. An Institutional Theory of Sanctions Onse...

: For sanctions to work, they must create enough political pressure on the leader's "winning coalition"—the essential group of supporters needed to stay in power. : Nondemocratic leaders have smaller coalitions and can