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.
Author: | Kristin EichhornORCiD |
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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 |