Home > News > Iran’s Competitive Authoritarianism 135 views 19 sec 0 Comment Iran’s Competitive Authoritarianism John Sides - June 22, 2013 bq. Is there any authoritarian regime that has such competitive executive elections as Iran’s? Has there ever been? That is Matthew Shugart. More here. For more on competitive authoritarianism, see this piece by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way. Topics on this pageIranLucan WaySteven LevitskyMatthew Søberg Shugart Related