CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Kurian, Matej |
|---|---|
| Title | How to Steal the Vote: Typology of Elections in Non-democracies |
| Summary | This work raises the question “What are the types of elections in non-democratic regimes?” arguing that method of the electoral manipulation is a relevant phenomenon informing us about the nature of the given regime with possible implication on regime stability. This question is answered in the theoretical part of the work. Building on the works of normative democratic theory and comparative politics on the procedurally defined democracy, it derives four dimensions of electoral regimes. Establishing the dichotomous coding criteria with democratic elections serving as the positive pole, it identifies 15 types of elections in non-democratic elections. The empirical part of the thesis applies the typology to four recent cases of elections in non-democratic regimes – Uganda (2006), Singapore (2006), Peru (2000) and Venezuela (2006) to examine the purposefulness of the typology. Case studies provide detailed account of the subject matter in the four dimensions, and are subsequently classified according to the typology. The work concludes by providing a comparison of the cases finding out that both competitive authoritarian regimes and hegemonic authoritarian regimes manipulate the less visible parts of the electoral processes, especially the condition and the playing field. The work contributes to the scholarship on non-democracies by providing a framework for analysis and the typology for classification of elections in non-democracies. In its own final assessment, the work suggests a need for the overarching principle for future investigation of the elections in non-democracies based on the principle of democratic uncertainty. |
| Supervisor | Schneider, Carsten Q. |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/kurian_matej.pdf |
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