Multiparty Elections in Authoritarian Regimes: Explaining their Introduction and Effects - Couverture souple

Michalik, Susanne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3658095105 ISBN 13 : 9783658095109

Editeur : Springer VS, 2015

Synopsis

Susanne Michalik analyzes why authoritarian regimes allow for multiparty elections and how they affect political outcomes. Even though their introduction rarely leads to a change in power, such elections should not be regarded as mere window-dressing. She argues that competitive elections are installed to deal with a split among the incumbent elite and to facilitate the formation of a new ruling coalition. In a cross-national study the author finds that elections matter and the ruling party does more than just manipulate election results in order to be reelected. Incumbents provide a mix of public goods and targeted public goods depending on the level of electoral competition they are experiencing. The outcome of authoritarian multiparty elections in the form of the legislature’s party composition also has an effect on the regime’s international relations in the form of foreign aid allocation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susanne Michalik is working as a researcher at the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer VS
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3658095105
• ISBN 13: 9783658095109
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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