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Electoral Opening

Electoral Opening is a political process in which an authoritarian regime allows competitive elections for executive or legislative positions, thereby creating a formal institutional channel through which opposition actors can contest for power, distinguishing it from other forms of political liberalization by its specific focus on electoral contestation as a mechanism for potential regime change.

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1.3K

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51

Authors

32

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

41

Political Development in 20th-Century Taiwan: State-Building, Regime Transformation and the Construction of National Identity

Yun‐han Chu, Jih-wen Lin · The China Quarterly · 2001 · 113 citations

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Ghana's Uncertain Political Opening

E. Gyimah‐Boadi · Journal of democracy · 1994 · 77 citations

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Multi-party elections in the Arab world: Institutional engineering and oppositional strategies

Marsha Pripstein Posusney · Studies in Comparative International Development · 2002 · 75 citations

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Derailing democracy in Afghanistan: elections in an unstable political landscape

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 74 citations

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Electoral engineering in Chile: the electoral system and limited democracy

Gideon Rahat, Mario Sznajder · Electoral Studies · 1998 · 70 citations

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Authors

51

  1. MS
    Matthew Singer

    University of Connecticut, United States

    4 publications · 120 citations

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  2. TA
    Todd A. Eisenstadt

    American University, United States

    2 publications · 68 citations

    2

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  3. AA
    Alexandra Alpert

    University of Connecticut, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. RG
    Raúl Gómez

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 23 citations

    1

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  5. MB
    Michaël Bernhard

    University of Florida, United States

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

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Institutions

32

  1. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  2. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, Spain

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    79 citations

  3. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  5. Lewis & Clark College

    Portland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Electoral Studies

    12 publications · 295 citations

    11

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 98 citations

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  3. Acta Politica

    AP · 2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  4. Latin American Politics and Society

    2 publications · 68 citations

    2

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  5. European Journal of Political Research

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

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