Staffan I. Lindberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters and is the author of Democracy and Elections in Africa, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Democratization by Elections represents an important contribution to our understanding of how competitive-authoritarian regimes evolve. It is destined to become required reading for those interested in understanding contemporary political events...Path-breaking and persuasive. -- Nic Cheeseman Journal of Modern African Studies 2010

• List of FiguresList of TablesForewordPrefaceIntroduction. Democratization by Elections: A New Mode of Transition?Part I: The Democratizing Power of Elections: A DebateChapter 1. The Power of Elections in Africa RevisitedChapter 2. The Relative Powerlessness of Elections in Latin AmericaChapter 3. Elections as Levers of Democratization: A Global InquiryChapter 4. Post–Cold War Political Regimes: When Do Elections Matter?Chapter 5. Harbinger of Democracy: Competitive Elections before the End of AuthoritarianismChapter 6. All Elections Are Not the Same: Why Power-Sharing Elections Strengthen DemocratizationPart II: Determinants of the Power of Elections: Autocrats and Opposition StrategiesChapter 7. Sources of Competition under Electoral AuthoritarianismChapter 8. Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in AfricaChapter 9. Legislative Elections in Hegemonic Authoritarian Regimes: Competitive Clientelism and Resistance to DemocratizationChapter 10. Oppositions versus Dictators: Explaining Divergent Electoral Outcomes in Post-Communist Europe and EurasiaChapter 11. Judicial Complexity Empowering Opposition? Critical Elections in Armenia and GeorgiaPart III: Reflections and ConclusionsChapter 12. The Contingent Power of Authoritarian ElectionsChapter 13. A Theory of Elections as a Mode of TransitionNotesReferencesContributors Index

Staffan I. Lindberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters and is the author of Democracy and Elections in Africa, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Democratization by Elections represents an important contribution to our understanding of how competitive-authoritarian regimes evolve. It is destined to become required reading for those interested in understanding contemporary political events...Path-breaking and persuasive. -- Nic Cheeseman Journal of Modern African Studies 2010

• List of FiguresList of TablesForewordPrefaceIntroduction. Democratization by Elections: A New Mode of Transition?Part I: The Democratizing Power of Elections: A DebateChapter 1. The Power of Elections in Africa RevisitedChapter 2. The Relative Powerlessness of Elections in Latin AmericaChapter 3. Elections as Levers of Democratization: A Global InquiryChapter 4. Post–Cold War Political Regimes: When Do Elections Matter?Chapter 5. Harbinger of Democracy: Competitive Elections before the End of AuthoritarianismChapter 6. All Elections Are Not the Same: Why Power-Sharing Elections Strengthen DemocratizationPart II: Determinants of the Power of Elections: Autocrats and Opposition StrategiesChapter 7. Sources of Competition under Electoral AuthoritarianismChapter 8. Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in AfricaChapter 9. Legislative Elections in Hegemonic Authoritarian Regimes: Competitive Clientelism and Resistance to DemocratizationChapter 10. Oppositions versus Dictators: Explaining Divergent Electoral Outcomes in Post-Communist Europe and EurasiaChapter 11. Judicial Complexity Empowering Opposition? Critical Elections in Armenia and GeorgiaPart III: Reflections and ConclusionsChapter 12. The Contingent Power of Authoritarian ElectionsChapter 13. A Theory of Elections as a Mode of TransitionNotesReferencesContributors Index

Staffan I. Lindberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters and is the author of Democracy and Elections in Africa, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Democratization by Elections represents an important contribution to our understanding of how competitive-authoritarian regimes evolve. It is destined to become required reading for those interested in understanding contemporary political events...Path-breaking and persuasive. -- Nic Cheeseman Journal of Modern African Studies 2010

• List of FiguresList of TablesForewordPrefaceIntroduction. Democratization by Elections: A New Mode of Transition?Part I: The Democratizing Power of Elections: A DebateChapter 1. The Power of Elections in Africa RevisitedChapter 2. The Relative Powerlessness of Elections in Latin AmericaChapter 3. Elections as Levers of Democratization: A Global InquiryChapter 4. Post–Cold War Political Regimes: When Do Elections Matter?Chapter 5. Harbinger of Democracy: Competitive Elections before the End of AuthoritarianismChapter 6. All Elections Are Not the Same: Why Power-Sharing Elections Strengthen DemocratizationPart II: Determinants of the Power of Elections: Autocrats and Opposition StrategiesChapter 7. Sources of Competition under Electoral AuthoritarianismChapter 8. Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in AfricaChapter 9. Legislative Elections in Hegemonic Authoritarian Regimes: Competitive Clientelism and Resistance to DemocratizationChapter 10. Oppositions versus Dictators: Explaining Divergent Electoral Outcomes in Post-Communist Europe and EurasiaChapter 11. Judicial Complexity Empowering Opposition? Critical Elections in Armenia and GeorgiaPart III: Reflections and ConclusionsChapter 12. The Contingent Power of Authoritarian ElectionsChapter 13. A Theory of Elections as a Mode of TransitionNotesReferencesContributors Index