Star Search: Do Elections Help Nondemocratic Regimes Identify New Leaders?

Malesky, Edmund J.; Schüler, Paul

doi:10.1017/s1598240800008523

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“…Given that many of the VNA’s deliberations and documents are not made public and interviewees who reveal such information may be subjected to retribution we have followed a path trodden by previous scholarship on the VNA relying heavily on legislator biographies though over a much longer period than previous studies (e.g. Malesky and Shuler, 2009, 2013).…”

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Long-term impacts of parliamentary gender quotas in a single-party system: Symbolic co-option or delayed integration?

Joshi

Thimothy

2018

International Political Science Review

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In recent years scholars have shifted their attention from the causes behind parliamentary gender quotas to their consequences for women’s descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation. We contribute to this literature by focusing on long-term effects of gender quotas in the context of an authoritarian one-party system. Here we contest dominant theoretical explanations which posit that gender quotas in authoritarian states primarily serve the goals of symbolic co-option and window-dressing. Rather, we argue that while authoritarian adaptation may motivate the introduction of gender quotas, these quotas may result over time in what we call a delayed integration process featuring a gradual rise of women into arenas of power alongside increasing professionalization and capabilities of women within parliament. This argument is tested and supported via a 72-year longitudinal analysis of over 6000 female and male representatives of the Vietnamese National Assembly, a single-party parliament with long-standing gender quotas.

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“… 3. Most self-nominees do not make the final ballot and very few have been elected (Malesky and Schuler, 2013). …”

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Long-term impacts of parliamentary gender quotas in a single-party system: Symbolic co-option or delayed integration?

Joshi

Thimothy

2018

International Political Science Review

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“…Even uncontested elections provide the dictator with information about public support (Zaslavsky and Brym 1978), as abstention or a vote against the regime are usually seen as dissent (Bahry and Silver 1990; Karklings 1986). They further allow the regime to monitor local officials and learn about their ability to mobilize voters in their jurisdiction, which can influence promotion decisions (Geddes, Wright, and Frantz 2018; Guo 2009; Malesky and Schuler 2011; 2013). Last, successful electoral mobilization demonstrates the regime’s capacity to control the population.…”

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Electoral Responsiveness in Closed Autocracies: Evidence from Petitions in the former German Democratic Republic

Lueders

2021

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Contested elections are usually seen as precondition for constituent responsiveness. By contrast, I show that even uncontested elections can create incentives for autocratic regimes to address citizen demands. I propose that closed autocracies engage in cycles of responsiveness before uncontested elections to assure citizens of their competence and raise popular support. They do so to mitigate the short-term destabilizing effects of elections. Analyzing a unique dataset of petitions to the government of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), I calculate that response times to petitions were up to 31% shorter before the GDR’s uncontested elections. Moreover, I introduce the concept of “substantive responsiveness,” which focuses on the material consequences of responsiveness for petitioners, and show that petitions were 64% more likely to be successful. The paper advances our understanding of electoral mobilization in closed regimes and contributes to an emerging research agenda on responsiveness and accountability in autocracies.

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“…;Malesky und Schuler 2013). Allerdings können die Wahlen zur Bewältigung des "Diktatorendilemmas" 13 beitragen: So müssen die Provinzkomitees nicht nur bestimmte Kriterien bei der Aufstellung der Einheitsliste erfüllen, die die gewünschte Repräsentation der verschiedenen Interessengruppen innerhalb von Partei und Vaterländischer Front sicherstellen sollen.…”

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Die politischen Systeme Südostasiens

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2016

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Star Search: Do Elections Help Nondemocratic Regimes Identify New Leaders?

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

Long-term impacts of parliamentary gender quotas in a single-party system: Symbolic co-option or delayed integration?

Long-term impacts of parliamentary gender quotas in a single-party system: Symbolic co-option or delayed integration?

Electoral Responsiveness in Closed Autocracies: Evidence from Petitions in the former German Democratic Republic

Die politischen Systeme Südostasiens

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