Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box

Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies

AvMasaaki Higashijima

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-06-07
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:534 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Emerging Democracies
Antal sidor:366
Förlag:The University of Michigan Press
ISBN:9780472055319

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Masaaki Higashijima is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tohoku University, Japan.

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“Why don’t dictators simply rig elections? In this timely and insightful book, Higashijima explores how authoritarian leaders assess the costs and benefits of fraud, sometimes turning instead to economic tools to secure victories. With cross-national data and detailed case studies, he examines not just the choices dictators make, but also what happens when they miscalculate.” —Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, and co-author of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

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List of FiguresList of TablesList of Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transliteration PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I Puzzles and ArgumentsChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 A Theory of Autocratic ElectionsPart II Cross-National ExplorationsChapter 3 Blatant Electoral FraudChapter 4 Institutional ManipulationChapter 5 Economic ManeuveringChapter 6 Backfiring at the Ballot BoxPart III Comparative Case StudiesChapter 7 From Electoral Manipulation to Economic Maneuvering: Nazarbaev’s KazakhstanChapter 8 From Electoral Manipulation to Autocratic Breakdown: Akaev’s KyrgyzstanChapter 9 ConclusionReferencesAppendix

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