9780472902750.pdf

9780472902750.pdf

Contrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator’s Dilemma at the Ballot Box argues that strong autocrats...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-570622022-08-19T09:22:49Z The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box Higashijima, Masaaki election, autocracy, dictatorship, electoral fraud, electoral system, electoral reform, electoral manipulation, economic policy, political business cycles, fiscal policy, coup, protest, opposition, distributive politics, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, developing country, democratization, regime change, natural resource, oil, state capacity, dominant party, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Askar Akaev bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHF Elections & referenda bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history Contrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator’s Dilemma at the Ballot Box argues that strong autocrats who can garner popular support become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition’s stunning election victories. The book’s theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. 2022-06-21T09:23:50Z 2022-06-21T09:23:50Z 2022 book 9780472075317 9780472055319 9780472220083 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57062 eng Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780472902750.pdf 9780472902750.epub https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-05531-9-highres.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-05531-9-frontcover.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-0-472-05531-9-thumb.jpg University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.11978139 10.3998/mpub.11978139 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780472075317 9780472055319 9780472220083 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 366 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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