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Are elections mechanisms of authoritarian stability or democrat / Kaya, Ruchan; Bernhard, Michael   Journal Article
Bernhard, Michael Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, political scientists have radically reexamined the role that elections play in authoritarian contexts. Some argue elections are congruent with authoritarianism and actually help to stabilize non-democratic forms of rule. Others challenge this claim by arguing that elections can function as a mechanism for democratization. We test whether elections have functioned as a mechanism of change or of neo-authoritarian stability in the postcommunist world. We generally find that elections neither promote democracy nor strengthen authoritarianism. However, we do find that in energy-rich states elections promote authoritarianism, though of a somewhat more benign sort. We also find that the mechanisms of electoral participation and competitiveness thought to promote democracy function differently in the postcommunist context and explore this in greater detail through a paired case study of electoral mobilization in Slovakia and Belarus.
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ID:   021347


Fourth wave of democracy and dictatorship: Noncooperative transitions in the postcommunist world / McFaul Michael Jan 2002  Article
Mcfaul Michael Article
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Publication Jan 2002.
Description 212-245
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ID:   018033


Geographic diffusion and the transformation of the Postcommunist world / Kopstein Jeffrey S Oct 2000  Article
Kopstein Jeffrey S Article
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Publication Oct 2000.
Description 1-37
Key Words Geographic  ;  Postcommunist World 
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ID:   191761


Voting from Abroad in the Postcommunist World: Elections and Labour Migration in Kyrgyzstan / Huskey, Eugene   Journal Article
Huskey, Eugene Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Using census materials, electoral laws and voting results from polling stations [uchastki] abroad, this study reveals the ways in which the Kyrgyzstani experience with expatriate voting aligns with, and diverges from, that of other labour-exporting countries, including those in the postcommunist world. A central concern of the article is explaining how and why Kyrgyzstan exhibited significant variation from 2010 to 2021 in rules and behaviour relating to voting from abroad (VFA). The study also illustrates that the electoral behaviour of the Kyrgyzstani diaspora is far from uniform across space as well as time.
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