设计的无竞争:在地方选举中使用暴力阻止选举竞争
1University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
概括
现任官员在地方选举中使用政治暴力来阻止反对派候选人,确保无争议的席位并建立党的统治地位. 这通过局部暴力操纵选举竞争来颠覆民主.
科学领域:
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
- 比较政治比较政治比较政治
- 民主研究 民主研究
背景情况:
- 现任官员可能通过操纵地方选举来颠覆民主.
- 政治暴力是建立党派统治的工具.
- 分权化可以为地方权威主义创造机会.
研究的目的:
- 调查现任官员如何利用地方选举和政治暴力来设计无竞争.
- 了解地方网络在政治暴力中的作用.
- 分析选举竞争的空间不均.
主要方法:
- 对西孟加拉邦3000个地方选举单位的竞争力和无争议席位的分类数据的定量分析.
- 对60次与政治精英和非精英的访谈进行了定性分析.
主要成果:
- 地方选举单位中对反对派的政治暴力增加与席位无竞争的可能性更高有关.
- 现任官员战略性地针对他们的堡垒进行暴力,以确保无争议.
- 定性数据证实,暴力是现有机构用来设计无可争议结果的关键方法.
结论:
- 当地选举中的政治暴力是现任官员颠覆民主和确保党派统治的有效策略.
- 了解地方专制主义需要检查政治暴力和选举过程在去中心化环境中的相互作用.
- 这些发现对研究政治暴力和地方一级的专制实践的持续性有重大影响.
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