The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box : Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies

• Tác giả: Masaaki Higashijima
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0472055319
• ISBN-13: 978-0472075317
• ISBN-13: 978-0472220083
• ISBN-13: mpu-b.11978139
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 321.9 *Authoritarian government
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (366 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 241520
• Chủ đề: 1. Asian history; 2. Elections & referenda; 3. Political structures: democracy; 4. Politics & government

Tóm tắt

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.