Between Fair and Rigged. Elections as a Key Determinant of the 'Borderline Political Regime' - Turkey in Comparative Perspective

The book series presents the work of outstanding researchers in the area of political science and security studies. The works published will showcase the research pursued by the Polish as well as eastern European scholars on the theoretical and practical aspects of politics and security policy. Monographs as well as collective volumes shall be considered for publication.

At the beginning of the 21st century, there are an increasing number of states in which elections do not meet the standards of liberal democracy due to electoral malpractices. The analysis of the malpractices at all stages of the electoral cycle and their impact on the political regime is the primary objective of this book. The research focuses on Turkey. However, the authors move one step further and try to present the Turkish case from a comparative perspective. They analyse selected countries in Central Europe, the Balkans and Latin America. They investigate an interesting process of mutual reinforcement of increasingly serious electoral malpractices and change in/of the political regime. It leads to the development of 'borderline regimes' balancing between two types of political regimes.

Autorentext

Adam Szymäski is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. Jakub Wódka is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. Wojciech Ufel is a PhD student in the Institute of Political Science, University of Wroc aw, Poland. Amanda Dziubi ska is a PhD student at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Inhalt

1. Theoretical Framework

2. Elections and Travails of Turkish Democracy

3. Electoral Malpractices and Regime Change in Turkey

4. Electoral Malpractices and Regime Change in Central Europe and the Balkans Case Study of Hungary, North Macedonia and Serbia

5. Electoral Malpractices and Regime Change in Latin America: Case Study of Nicaragua and Venezuela

   Conclusions

   Annex

   Bibliography

   Index