Research Catalog

Title

Multiparty elections in authoritarian regimes : explaining their introduction and effects / Susanne Michalik.

Author

Michalik, Susanne.

Publication

Mannheim : Springer VS, 2015.

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Description

160 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

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. Contents The Introduction of Multiparty Elections in Authoritarian Regimes Authoritarian Multiparty Elections: Boon or Bane for Public Policies? Foreign Aid for Multiparty Authoritarian Regimes Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of political science and economics Journalists, diplomats, international cooperation workers The Author Susanne Michalik is working as a researcher at the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Series Statement

Studien zur neuen politischen Ökonomie

Uniform Title

Studien zur neuen politischen Ökonomie

Subjects

• Thèses et écrits académiques
• Academic theses
• masters theses
• dissertations
• theses
• doctoral dissertations
• International relations
• Comparative government
• Economics
• Political science
• Political parties
• Elections
• Authoritarianism

Genre/Form

• doctoral dissertations.
• theses.
• dissertations.
• masters theses.
• Academic theses
• Thèses et écrits académiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Introduction of Multiparty Elections in Authoritarian Regimes -- Authoritarian Multiparty Elections: Boon or Bane for Public Policies? -- Foreign Aid for Multiparty Authoritarian Regimes.

ISBN

• 3658095105
• 9783658095109
• 9783658095116 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015936341

OCLC

• 905566654
• SCSB-12570549

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library