1 Russia and Central Asian Politics March 9, 2020 Announcements • Exam II is next Monday. The study guide will be posted later this week. • Deadline to drop without grade penalty is next Monday. • One of the readings for Wednesday has been sent to you (yesterday). Categorization of Regime Types Non-Democracies Hybrid Regimes Democracies Anarchy Military Juntas Delegative Democracy Unconsolidated Democracies Self-Governing Societies* One-Party States Competitive Authoritarianism Consolidated Democracies State Collapse Sultanism Electoral Authoritarianism Totalitarianism More conventional, more detailed categorization: * None exist as contemporary nation-states. Today. Non-Democratic Elections… • The electoral manipulation "toolkit": – Control electoral institutions – Mobilization tactics – Election day tactics The Model: Electoral Authoritarianism • Regular elections, but manipulated. • Legitimacy claimed to be democratic, but really non- democratic. • Governance between elections is fully authoritarian. Azerbaijan Four presidents since 1992. Multiple elections. Non- democracy. Kazakhstan One president from 1992- 2019. Multiple elections. Non- democracy. Tajikistan Civil war. One president since peace. Multiple elections. Non- democracy.
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Russia and Central Asian PoliticsMarch 9, 2020 Announcements
• Exam II is next Monday. The study guide will be posted later this week.
• Deadline to drop without grade penalty is next Monday.
• One of the readings for Wednesday has been sent to you (yesterday).