What explains electoral stability and change in competitive authoritarian regimes? This
article addresses the question by comparing eleven elections—six of which led to continuity …

When do elections in authoritarian regimes lead to democracy? Building from the distinction
between competitive and hegemonic authoritarian regimes, I argue that presence of …

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 …

It is increasingly evident that the Third Wave of democracy had a strong undemocratic
undertow. Despite the fact that an unprecedented number of countries experienced …

The post–Cold War world has been marked by the proliferation of hybrid political regimes. In
different ways, and to varying degrees, polities across much of Africa (Ghana, Kenya …

Current scholarship on elections in authoritarian regimes has focused on exploring the
relationship between elections and democratization, and it has generally used analytical …

In recent years scholarly attention has shifted from the study of democratization to the
phenomenon of electoral authoritarianism. In these regimes, regular elections are held for …

Do elections reduce or increase the risk of autocratic regime breakdown? This article
addresses this contested question by distinguishing between election events and the …

Authoritarian incumbents routinely use democratic emulation as a strategy to extend their
tenure in power. Yet, there is also evidence that multiparty competition makes electoral …

In the period 2005–2007, Russia's political regime transformed from what had been
sometimes referred to as a 'managed democracy'(Balzer 2003), a political regime that …