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Author Herron, Erik S

Title Elections and democracy after communism? / Erik S. Herron
Edition 1st ed
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages)
Contents Understanding elections and democracy in post-Soviet space -- Elections under Soviet authoritarianism -- Electoral system design and redesign -- Consequences of electoral system choice -- Citizens and the incentives to vote -- Political party evolution -- Referendums as direct democracy -- Administrative architecture of elections -- Assessing election quality -- Election fraud and public protest
Summary After the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, hope was high for democracy's introduction to Eastern Europe and Eurasia. By the end of the twentieth century, a handful of the fifteen successor states had become democratic, but most were authoritarian or semi-authoritarian. Elections and Democracy after Communism? assesses the contradictory trajectories of post-communist states, focusing on the evolution of electoral practices. Chapters address the design and consequences of election rules, voter decisions to participate in elections and support specific parties, the use of referendums, election quality, and public responses to allegations of election fraud
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Elections -- Former Soviet republics
Democracy -- Former Soviet republics
Post-communism.
Elections & referenda.
Marxism & Communism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Politics and Government.
Democracy
Elections
Post-communism
Demokratie
Wahl
Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230621701
0230621708
9780230600959
0230600956
1282532499
9781282532496
9781349370474
1349370479