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Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics

Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics

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General Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1421418126
ISBN13: 9781421418124
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Dec 4 2015
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Pluralism by Default explores sources of political contestation in the former Soviet Union and beyond. Lucan Way proposes that pluralism in new democracies is often grounded less in democratic leadership or emerging civil society and more in the failure of authoritarianism. Dynamic competition frequently emerges because autocrats lack the state capacity to steal elections, impose censorship, or repress opposition. In fact, the same institutional failures that facilitate political competition may also thwart the development of stable democracy.

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