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and government may be overestimated, but up to this point, there are no known organized or small-scale efforts against the ruling government. Due to high oil revenue, Brunei has been able to provide extensive social services to its population, including free education and health care.
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Welfare provision is a strong method for the
Bruneian regime to exercise nonviolent political control, as citizens are reliant on the state both for employment and social services. Brunei’s exhaustive provision of welfare raises the cost of protest and constitutes a means to maintain
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Sultanate of Brunei and regime legitimacy in an era of democratic nation-states." New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 4, no. 2 (2002): 134-147.; Frantz, Erica. Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know®. Oxford University Press,
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Everyone Needs to Know®. Oxford University Press, 2018.; Kuran, T. (1991). Now Out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989. World Politics, 44(1), 7–48.
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