Way Pluralism by Default

Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1813-1
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

An audacious new explanation for the emergence of political pluralism in weak states.

Pluralism by Default explores sources of political contestation in the former Soviet Union and beyond. Lucan Way proposes that pluralism in “new democracies” is often grounded less in democratic leadership or emerging civil society and more in the failure of authoritarianism. Dynamic competition frequently emerges because autocrats lack the state capacity to steal elections, impose censorship, or repress opposition. In fact, the same institutional failures that facilitate political competition may also thwart the development of stable democracy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Way, Lucan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Acronyms
1. Introduction
2. Perestroika and the Origins of Post-Soviet Pluralism by Default
3. Pluralism by Default in Ukraine
4. Pluralism by Default in Moldova
5. Authoritarian Consolidation in Belarus
6. Consolidated and Unconsolidated Authoritarianism in the Former Soviet Union
7. Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Way, Lucan
Lucan Way is an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. He is the coauthor of Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War.