TY - BOOK AU - Herron,Erik S. TI - Elections and democracy after communism? SN - 9780230600959 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - JN6592 .H45 2009 U1 - 324.609171/7 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Elections KW - Former Soviet republics KW - Democracy KW - Post-communism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-231) and index; Understanding elections and democracy in post-Soviet space -- Elections under Soviet authoritarianism -- Electoral system design and redesign -- Consequences of electoral system choice -- Citizens and the incentives to vote -- Political party evolution -- Referendums as direct democracy -- Administrative architecture of elections -- Assessing election quality -- Election fraud and public protest ER -