Electoral Strategies under Authoritarianism

Evidence from the Former Soviet Union

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Megan Hauser, Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-04-05
Mått153 x 224 x 17 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRussian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Politics
Antal sidor232
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498556736

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Megan Hauser. . . adds to this literature with a well-constructed and informative book on electoral strategies used by both regimes and oppositions across the post-Soviet space over the last three decades. Making a welcome addition both theoretically and empirically, Hauser expands our knowledge of authoritarian electoral politics in a way that provides rich regional detail while keeping an eye to broader, structural patterns that may travel far beyond the post-Soviet space. . . . Hauser has produced a relevant work that will be useful to both scholars of the region as well as those studying electoral behaviour in authoritarianism generally. In particular, those researchers looking to better understand opposition struggles to unite or, more frustratingly, refuse to participate in electoral activity should read this book.