| Description |
ix, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-250) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- 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. |
| Subject |
Elections.
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Authoritarianism.
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| Added Author |
Schedler, Andreas, 1964-
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| ISBN |
1588264408 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1588264157 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781588264152 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781588264404 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 291852505 |
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YDXCP 2271677 |
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YDXCP 2271678 |
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NZ1 10664655 |
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