However, the dominant position of the #IncumbentRegime throughout the transition process prevents the transition from attaining the institutional qualities of #LiberalDemocracy. Other terms, such as #GuidedTransition or #ManagedTransition have been used to describe this process.

As a topic in the #DominantPartySystem #PoliticalScience literature, #electoralism describes a situation in which the transition out of #HardAuthoritarian rule is initiated and managed by the #IncumbentRegime.