Contesting the Status Quo- A comparative study of democratic electoral outcomes in electoral authoritarian regimes
(2008)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- There has recently been an increased interest among academic scholars on the
importance of elections as a promoter for democratic change in semi-democratic
contexts. This thesis positions itself somewhat on the side of this debate asking;
when do elections in electoral authoritarian regimes result in democratic
consequences?
Recognising that elections can be as well a tool for democratic empowerment as
authoritarian legitimisation, the study tries to avoid an obviously democratic bias
and seeks the causes for as well democratic improvements as erosion in
connection with elections.
Using a quantitative method with a global population of 283 elections in the
period 1973-2004, the sample of the study is significantly larger than... (More) - There has recently been an increased interest among academic scholars on the
importance of elections as a promoter for democratic change in semi-democratic
contexts. This thesis positions itself somewhat on the side of this debate asking;
when do elections in electoral authoritarian regimes result in democratic
consequences?
Recognising that elections can be as well a tool for democratic empowerment as
authoritarian legitimisation, the study tries to avoid an obviously democratic bias
and seeks the causes for as well democratic improvements as erosion in
connection with elections.
Using a quantitative method with a global population of 283 elections in the
period 1973-2004, the sample of the study is significantly larger than previous
investigations on this subject.
The main findings of the analysis is that while most of the theories laid out in the
theoretical literature do not stand the test of a large scale quantitative test, a high
number of demonstrations preceding the election and a larger historical
experience of previous elections, is important for the democratic electoral
outcome. (Less)
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- author
- Wahman, Michael
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- elections, democracy, demonstrations, comparative, multiple regression analysis, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1318462
- date added to LUP
- 2008-08-25 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-08-25 00:00:00
@misc{1318462,
abstract = {{There has recently been an increased interest among academic scholars on the
importance of elections as a promoter for democratic change in semi-democratic
contexts. This thesis positions itself somewhat on the side of this debate asking;
when do elections in electoral authoritarian regimes result in democratic
consequences?
Recognising that elections can be as well a tool for democratic empowerment as
authoritarian legitimisation, the study tries to avoid an obviously democratic bias
and seeks the causes for as well democratic improvements as erosion in
connection with elections.
Using a quantitative method with a global population of 283 elections in the
period 1973-2004, the sample of the study is significantly larger than previous
investigations on this subject.
The main findings of the analysis is that while most of the theories laid out in the
theoretical literature do not stand the test of a large scale quantitative test, a high
number of demonstrations preceding the election and a larger historical
experience of previous elections, is important for the democratic electoral
outcome.}},
author = {{Wahman, Michael}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Contesting the Status Quo- A comparative study of democratic electoral outcomes in electoral authoritarian regimes}},
year = {{2008}},
}