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

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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
Uniform Title:Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.
Main Author: Higashijima, Masaaki (Author)
Corporate Author: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Series:Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.
Subjects:
Dictatorship.
Elections > Corrupt practices.
Physical Description:xxii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
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.