LEADER 02466nam 2200373 450 001 9910576867703321 005 20230511043509.0 035 $a(CKB)5860000000051470 035 $a(NjHacI)995860000000051470 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000051470 100 $a20230511d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box $eElectoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies /$fMasaaki Higashijima 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 345 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWeiser Center for Emerging Democracies series 311 $a0-472-22008-X 330 $aModern dictatorships hold elections. Contrary to our stereotypical views of autocratic politics, dictators often introduce elections with limited manipulation wherein they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud and pro-regime electoral institutions. Why do such electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box explores how dictators design elections and what consequences those elections have on political order. It argues that strong autocrats who can effectively garner popular support through extensive economic distribution become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition's stunning election victories. The book's theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics--Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The book's findings suggest that indicators of free and fair elections in dictatorships may not be enough to achieve full-fledged democratization. 410 0$aWeiser Center for Emerging Democracies series. 517 $aDictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box 606 $aDictatorship 615 0$aDictatorship. 676 $a321.9 700 $aHigashijima$b Masaaki$01254236 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910576867703321 996 $aThe Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box$92908242 997 $aUNINA