01468     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020002200097041000800119082001100127084001700138100002600155245010500181250001100286260005000297300002000347520073400367650002701101650001401128700002001142990002601162990002601188INLIS00000000000962520221108030827  a0010-0520009625221108                |          | eng    a978-1-107-13213-9  aeng  a324.09  a324.09 FLO e0 aFlores, Thomas Edward1 aElections in Hard Times :bBuilding Stronger Democracies in The 21st Century /cThomas Edward Flores  aCet. 1  aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2016  axix 227 p 23 cm  aWhy are free and fair elections so often followed by democratic backsliding Elections in Hard Times answers this critical question, showing why even clean elections fail to advance democracy when held amidst challenging structural conditions. The book opens with a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of fifty years of research on elections and democratization, a resource for experts, policymakers, and students. It then develops a new theory of why elections fail in countries with little democratic history or fiscal resources, and a history of violent conflict. In a series of five empirical chapters, the book leverages an eclectic mix of cross-national data, short case studies and surveys of voters to support this theory. 4aCross Cultural Studies 4aElections0 aIrfan Nooruddin  a26503/MKRI-P/XII-2018  a26503/MKRI-P/XII-2018