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Product Identifiers
PublisherDuke University Press
ISBN-100822306859
ISBN-139780822306856
eBay Product ID (ePID)599466
Product Key Features
Number of Pages444 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCompetitive Elections in Developing Countires
SubjectPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, World / General
Publication Year1987
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorErgun Ozbudun
SeriesAt the Polls Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight30.5 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN87-005341
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal324.9172/4
Table Of ContentTables and Figures vii Preface xi Introduction 1. Empirical Democratic Theory / Myron Weiner 3 Postcolonial Democracies 2. India / Myron Weiner 37 3. Sri Lanka / Robert N. Kearney 77 4. Malaysia / Lee Kam Hing and Michael Ong 112 5. Costa Rica and Jamaica / Mitchell A. Seligson 147 Postauthoritarian Democracies 6. Nigeria / Henry Bienen 201 7. Venezuela / Daniel H. Levine 248 8. Portugal / Howard J. Wiarda 283 9. Turkey / Ergun Ozbudun 328 A Democratic Imitation 10. Romania, 1919-1938 / Mattei Dogan 369 Conclusion 11. Institutionalizing Competitive Elections in Developing Societies / Argun Ozbudun 393 Index 423 Contributors 431
SynopsisThis is the latest in the At the Polls series, in which Duke University Press has joined with the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research to publish studies on the electoral process as it functions around the world. Cited by Choice for its "high standard of scholarly analysis and objectivity," the series provides both a chronicle of events and a thorough analysis of the election results.