7. After Defeat: When Do Rulers Steal Elections?

Is an imagined democracy more important than actual democracy for nation-building purposes? After 20 years of independence, Central Asian countries present a mixed bag of strong and weak states, consolidated and fragmented nations. The equation of nation and state and the construction of genuine nation states remains an elusive goal in all of post-Soviet Central Asia. This paper examines the role that electoral politics has played in nation-state formation. We argue that electoral processes have been central to attempted nation-state building processes as part of efforts to legitimize authoritarian regimes; paradoxically in those few countries where (for brief periods) partial democratization actually occurred, elections contributed, at least in the short term, to nation-state fragmentation.

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Electoral authoritarianism in Malaysia: trajectory shift

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2009

The Pacific Review

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7. After Defeat: When Do Rulers Steal Elections?

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Political Corruption and Institutional Stability

Political Corruption and Institutional Stability

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Electoral authoritarianism in Malaysia: trajectory shift

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