... by The Regents of the University of California 2021 electoral authoritarianism competitive authoritarianism Belarus post-communist transition democratic theory Competitive authoritarian regimes can move in two opposite directions—toward a higher level of political competition and possibly...

... if the margin of plurality is small. Despite this property, and mostly for technical reasons, this system remains rather widely employed for conducting local elections both in democracies and in electoral authoritarian regimes. This article employs the evidence from the 2019 municipal elections in St...

...-dresden.de (S. Kailitz). © 2019 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Authoritarianism Weimar Germany Electoral authoritarianism Putin Democratic breakdown Weimar Germany...

... of political pre-election filtering in Russian elections. © 2015 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Russian politics Russian regions Elections Registration Electoral authoritarianism...

... a dominant political party rather than personal charisma, informal ties, or a different support institution than a party, such as the military. Many party-based electoral authoritarian regimes, like Egypt with the Nationalelectoral authoritarian regimes, and hegemonic political parties. One of th regimes...