Between Fair and Rigged. Elections as a Key Determinant of the Borderline Political Regime - Turkey in Comparative Perspective. Studies in Politics, Security and Society ; Vol. 30.

Szymanski, Adam, Jakub Wódka Wojciech Ufel a. o.:

ISBN 10: 3631813635 / ISBN 13: 9783631813638

Published by Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien : Peter Lang, 2020

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262 pp., 3 fig. b/w, 27 tables. A perfect copy. - At the beginning of the 21st century, there are an increasing number of states in which elections do not meet the standards of liberal democracy due to electoral malpractices. The analysis of the malpractices at all stages of the electoral cycle and their impact on the political regime is the primary objective of this book. The research focuses on Turkey. However, the authors move one step further and try to present the Turkish case from a comparative perspective. They analyse selected countries in Central Europe, the Balkans and Latin America. They investigate an interesting process of mutual reinforcement of increasingly serious electoral malpractices and change in/of the political regime. It leads to the development of borderline regimes balancing between two types of political regimes. - Contents: Introduction -- 1. Theoretical Framework -- 1.1 Electoral Integrity and Electoral Malpractice -- 1.2 Political Regimes -- 2. Elections and Travails of Turkish Democracy -- 2.1 Multi-party Democracy and Elections in Turkey 1950-2002 -- 2.2 AKP as a (Pre)dominant Party and (De)democratisation of Turkey. Towards Political Hegemony -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3. Electoral Malpractices and Regime Change in Turkey -- 3.1 General Overview -- 3.2 Review of Electoral Malpractices -- 3.3 Impact of Electoral Malpractices on Political Regime -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4. Electoral Malpractices and Regime Change in Central Europe and the Balkans: Case Study of Hungary, North Macedonia and Serbia -- 4.1 Introductory Issues -- 4.2 Hungary and the Fidesz Government -- 4.3 Serbia under the Rule of Aleksandar Vu?i? and SNS -- 4.4 North Macedonia: The Rise and Fall of Nikola Gruevski's Government -- 4.5 Conclusion: Common Patterns in Electoral Malpractices and De-democratisation in Central Europe and the Balkans -- 5. Electoral Malpractices and Regime Change in Latin America: Case Study of Nicaragua and Venezuela -- 5.1 Introductory Issues -- 5.2 Nicaragua -- 5.3 Venezuela -- 5.4 Conclusion: Common Patterns in Electoral Malpractices and De-democratisation in Latin America - Conclusions. ISBN 9783631813638 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 410.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Fair and Rigged. Elections as a Key Determinant of the Borderline Political Regime - Turkey in Comparative Perspective. Studies in Politics, Security and Society ; Vol. 30.
• Publisher: Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien : Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631813635
• ISBN 13: 9783631813638
• Binding: Hardcover, 22 cm.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 410 grams
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Synopsis

At the beginning of the 21st century, there are an increasing number of states in which elections do not meet the standards of liberal democracy due to electoral malpractices. The analysis of the malpractices at all stages of the electoral cycle and their impact on the political regime is the primary objective of this book. The research focuses on Turkey. However, the authors move one step further and try to present the Turkish case from a comparative perspective. They analyse selected countries in Central Europe, the Balkans and Latin America. They investigate an interesting process of mutual reinforcement of increasingly serious electoral malpractices and change in/of the political regime. It leads to the development of ‘borderline regimes’ balancing between two types of political regimes.

About the Author

Adam Szymański is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Jakub Wódka is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.

Wojciech Ufel is a PhD student in the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław, Poland.

Amanda Dziubińska is a PhD student at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.