The dictator's dilemma at the ballot box : electoral manipulation, economic maneuvering, and political order in autocracies /

The dictator's dilemma at the ballot box : electoral manipulation, economic maneuvering, and political order in autocracies /

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Modern dictatorships hold elections. Contrary to our stereotypical views of autocratic politics, dictators often introduce elections with limited manipulation wherein they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud and pro-regime electoral institutions. Why do such electoral reforms happen in au...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higashijima, Masaaki (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022
Ann Arbor, Michigan : [2022]
Series:Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series
Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series
Subjects:
Dictatorship > Case studies
Dictatorship > Kazakhstan
Dictatorship > Kyrgyzstan
Dictatorship
Elections > Corrupt practices > Case studies
Elections > Corrupt practices > Kazakhstan
Elections > Corrupt practices > Kyrgyzstan
Elections > Corrupt practices
Corruption électorale > Études de cas
Corruption électorale > Kazakhstan
Dictature > Études de cas
Dictature > Kazakhstan
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Electronic books
Case studies
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Puzzles and arguments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. A theory of autocratic elections
  • Part II. Cross-national explorations
  • Chapter 3. Blatant electoral fraud
  • Chapter 4. Institutional manipulation
  • Chapter 5. Economic maneuvering
  • Chapter 6. Backfiring at the Ballot Box
  • Part III. Comparative case studies
  • Chapter 7. From electoral manipulation to economic maneuvering : Nazarbaev's Kazakhstan
  • Chapter 8. From electoral manipulation to autocratic breakdown : Akaev's Kyrgyzstan
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion.
  • Part I Puzzles and arguments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. A theory of autocratic elections
  • Part II. Cross-national explorations
  • Chapter 3. Blatant electoral fraud
  • Chapter 4. Institutional manipulation
  • Chapter 5. Economic maneuvering
  • Chapter 6. Backfiring at the Ballot Box
  • Part III. Comparative case studies
  • Chapter 7. From electoral manipulation to economic maneuvering: Nazarbaev's Kazakhstan
  • Chapter 8. From electoral manipulation to autocratic breakdown: Akaev's Kyrgyzstan
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion
  • Part I Puzzles and arguments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. A theory of autocratic elections
  • Part II. Cross-national explorations
  • Chapter 3. Blatant electoral fraud
  • Chapter 4. Institutional manipulation
  • Chapter 5. Economic maneuvering
  • Chapter 6. Backfiring at the Ballot Box
  • Part III. Comparative case studies
  • Chapter 7. From electoral manipulation to economic maneuvering: Nazarbaev's Kazakhstan
  • Chapter 8. From electoral manipulation to autocratic breakdown: Akaev's Kyrgyzstan
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion.

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