Electoral authoritarianism : the dynamics of unfree competition / edited by Andreas Schedler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schedler, Andreas, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections.

Authoritarianism.

Physical Description:

ix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Contents:

The logic of electoral authoritarianism / Andreas Schedler

Methodological challenges

Drawing boundaries: how to craft intermediate regime categories / Gerardo L. Munck

Observer paradoxes: how to assess electoral manipulation / Jonathan Hartlyn and Jennifer McCoy

Regime and opposition dynamics

Elite ruptures: when do ruling parties split? / Joy Langston

Tipping games: when do opposition parties coalesce? / Nicolas van de Walle

The electoral battlefield

Manipulative skills: how do rulers control the electoral arena? / William Case

After defeat: when do rulers steal elections? / Mark R. Thompson and Philipp Kuntz

Armed arbiters: when does the military step into the electoral arena? / John F. Clark

Tragic protest: why do opposition parties boycott elections? / Staffan I. Lindberg

Shifting power relations

Authoritarian failure: how does state weakness strengthen electoral competition? / Lucan A. Way

Creative constitutions: how do parliamentary powers shape the electoral arena? / M. Steven Fish

Linkage and leverage: how do international factors change domestic balances of power? / Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way

Conclusion

Beyond electoral authoritarianism: the spectrum of nondemocratic regimes / Richard Snyder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.

ISBN:

1588264157

1588264408

OCLC:

63195896

Publisher Number:

9781588264152

9781588264404