Date: 2017
Type: Thesis
When elections subvert authoritarianism : failed cooptation and Russian post-electoral protests of 2011-12
Florence : European University Institute, 2017, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis
ZAVADSKAYA, Margarita, When elections subvert authoritarianism : failed cooptation and Russian post-electoral protests of 2011-12, Florence : European University Institute, 2017, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/48004
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One of the widely shared features of modern autocracies is the presence of democratically-designed institutions. Elections, referendums, legislatures, and parties are the essential institutions 'bydefault'. Political regimes that have introduced nation wide elections have become the predominant type of political regimes in the contemporary world.
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Defence date: 15 September 2017; Examining Board: Prof. Alexander H. Trechsel, University of Lucerne (EUI Supervisor); Prof. Grigorii V. Golosov, European University at Saint Petersburg (External Supervisor); Prof. Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University; Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, European University Institute
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/48004
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/20547
Series/Number: EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
LC Subject Heading: Elections -- Case studies; Voting -- Case studies; Representative government and representation -- Case studies; Elections -- Russia (Federation); Protest movements -- Russia (Federation)