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020			_z9781107006850 (hardback)
020			_z9780521187251 (paperback)
020			_z9781139091268 (e-book)
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050		4	_aJN96.A58 _bB876 2011
100	1		_aBunce, Valerie, _d1949-
245	1	0	_aDefeating authoritarian leaders in postcommunist countries _h[electronic resource] / _cValerie Bunce, Sharon Wolchik.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_axi, 373 p. : _bill.
490	1		_aCambridge studies in contentious politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Part I. The Puzzle: 1. Breakthrough elections: mixed regimes, democracy assistance, and international diffusion; 2. Electoral stability and change in mixed regimes; Part II. Case Studies: 3. The 1998 election in Slovakia and the 2000 election in Croatia: model solidifies and is transferred; 4. Defeating a dictator at the polls and in the streets: the 2000 Yugoslav election; 5. Ukraine: the orange revolution; 6. Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: fraudulent parliamentary elections, mass protests, and presidential abdications; 7. Failed cases: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus; Part III. Comparative Analyses: 8. Explaining divergent electoral outcomes: regime strength, international democracy assistance, and electoral dynamics; 9. The electoral model: evolution and elements; 10. The cross-national diffusion of democratizing elections; 11. After the elections: explaining divergent regime trajectories; 12. Conclusions: democratizing elections, international diffusion and U.S. democracy assistance.
520			_a"From 1998 to 2005, six elections took place in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia that had the surprising outcome of empowering the opposition and defeating authoritarian incumbents or their designated successors. Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik compare these unexpected electoral breakthroughs with one another and with elections that had the more typical result of maintaining authoritarian rule. They draw three conclusions. First, the opposition was victorious because of the hard and creative work of a transnational network composed of local opposition and civil society groups, members of the international democracy assistance community, and graduates of successful electoral challenges to authoritarian rule in other countries. Second, the remarkable run of these upset elections reflected the ability of this network to diffuse an ensemble of innovative electoral strategies across state boundaries. Finally, elections can serve as a powerful mechanism for democratic change. This is especially the case when civil society is strong, the transfer of political power is through constitutional means, and opposition leaders win with small mandates"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zFormer communist countries.
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism _zFormer communist countries.
651		0	_aFormer communist countries _xPolitics and government.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aWolchik, Sharon L.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aCambridge studies in contentious politics.
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