Pluralism by Default: Weak Autocrats and the Rise of Competitive Politics

by Lucan Way

Book Overview

An audacious new explanation for the emergence of political pluralism in weak states.

Pluralism by Default explores sources of political contestation in the former Soviet Union and beyond. Lucan Way proposes that pluralism in "new democracies" is often grounded less in democratic leadership or emerging civil society and more in the failure of authoritarianism. Dynamic competition frequently emerges because autocrats lack...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421418126
• ISBN13: 9781421418124
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"