{"product_id":"the-dictators-dilemma-at-the-masaaki-higashijima-9780472075317","title":"The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box: Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies","description":"\u003cp\u003eContrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? \u003ci\u003eThe Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box \u003c\/i\u003eargues that strong autocrats who can garner popular support become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition's stunning election victories. The book's theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Masaaki Higashijima\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472075314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472075317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Masaaki Higashijima","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945020391679,"sku":"9780472075317","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2d818f1d-7764-4cd1-92c2-ff6456f2ddda.jpg?v=1681506317","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dictators-dilemma-at-the-masaaki-higashijima-9780472075317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}