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Selecting the Electorate: Disenfranchisement and Selective Voter Registration in Electoral Autocracies

  • Autocrats utilize (nominally) democratic elections, to claim procedural legitimation. To secure their political survival in these elections, they have an extensive menu of manipulation at their disposal. These manipulations are not only addressed at contestation but also inclusiveness of the elections. Although autocrats formally claim universal suffrage, informal restrictions and practices are implemented. Analyzing elections held between 1970 and 2020 in electoral autocracies, I find empiric evidence for strategic adjustments of suffrage rights as a response to electoral contexts.

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Author:Kristin EichhornORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-18048
DOI (Version of Record):https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.55.4
ISSN:2414-6633
Parent Title (English):Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science
Publisher:International Association for Political Science Students
Place of publication:Montréal
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Publication:2023
Publishing Institution:Technische Hochschule Wildau
Release Date:2023/10/04
Tag:disenfranchisement; electoral autocracy; inclusiveness; legitimation; political freedoms
Volume:55
First Page:63
Last Page:83
Source:Eichhorn, K. (2023). Selecting the Electorate: Disenfranchisement and Selective Voter Registration in Electoral Autocracies. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 55, 63–83. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.55.4
Faculties an central facilities:Zentrale Einrichtungen
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 324 Der politische Prozess
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International
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