Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries

Name: Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries
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ISBN: 9780521187251

ISBN-10: 0521187257

ISBN-13: 9780521187251

Edition: 2011

Authors: Valerie Bunce, Sharon Wolchik

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List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 386
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




The Puzzle:



Breakthrough elections: mixed regimes, democracy assistance, and international diffusion



Electoral stability and change in mixed regimes



Case Studies:



The 1998 election in Slovakia and the 2000 election in Croatia: model solidifies and is transferred



Defeating a dictator at the polls and in the streets: the 2000 Yugoslav election



Ukraine: the orange revolution



Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: fraudulent parliamentary elections, mass protests, and presidential abdications



Failed cases: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus



Comparative Analyses:



Explaining divergent electoral outcomes: regime strength, international democracy assistance, and electoral dynamics



The electoral model: evolution and elements



The cross-national diffusion of democratizing elections



After the elections: explaining divergent regime trajectories



Conclusions: democratizing elections, international diffusion and U.S. democracy assistance