Megan Hauser

Electoral Strategies under Authoritarianism (eBook, PDF)

Evidence from the Former Soviet Union

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the types of electoral strategies used in non-democratic countries. It focuses on manipulation by the government as well as efforts to push back against the regime by opposition forces. Relying on data and case studies from the former Soviet Union, it finds that these actors view elections as tools to achieve various goals either in the short-term or the long term. More specifically, parties and candidates will sometimes engage in self-defeating or unnecessary behavior in the short-term if they think it will serve a long term purpose. This book examines different ways that governments seek to sway the election to their favor, as well as under what conditions opposition actors may unite or boycott the election altogether. The conclusions of this book reveal that elections even in authoritarian settings matter for political decision making, but that they may not be serving democratic functions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881883935
• Artikelnr.: 74850962

Autorenporträt

Megan Hauser is lecturer at the University of North Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Electoral Strategies and Authoritarianism: Introduction and
Background
Chapter 2: Theory, Design and Methods
Chapter 3: Explaining Incumbent Instrumental Manipulation
Chapter 4: The Usage of Informational Manipulation
Chapter 5: The Conditions for Opposition Pre-Electoral Coalitions
Chapter 6: The Strategy Behind Electoral Boycotts
Chapter 7: Conclusion and Implications