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Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes by Bunce, Valerie J., Wolchik, Sharon L.

“…What explains electoral stability and change in competitive authoritarian regimes? This article addresses the question by comparing eleven elections—six of…”
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Diffusion-Proofing: Russian and Chinese Responses to Waves of Popular Mobilizations against Authoritarian Rulers by Koesel, Karrie J., Bunce, Valerie J.

“…Do authoritarian leaders take preemptive actions to deter their citizens from joining cross-national waves of popular mobilizations against authoritarian…”
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Favorable Conditions and Electoral Revolutions by Bunce, Valerie, Wolchik, Sharon L

“…From 1996 to 2005 a wave of electoral revolutions swept through east Central Europe, the Balkans, and Soviet successor states. The success of these revolutions…”
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Putin, Popular Protests, and Political Trajectories in Russia: A Comparative Perspective by Koesel, Karrie J., Bunce, Valerie J.

“…During December 2011, large-scale, anti-regime protests erupted across Russia. What do the Russian uprisings reveal about popular challenges to authoritarian…”
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POSTCOMMUNIST AMBIGUITIES by Bunce, Valerie J, Wolchik, Sharon L

“…All else being equal, new states are less likely than more established ones to support democratic development, if only because fledgling governments are less…”
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Democratization by Elections? Postcommunist Ambiguities by Bunce, Valerie J, Wolchik, Sharon L

“…In the Balkans and the countries of the old Eastern Bloc, the years from 1996 to 2009 saw no fewer than fourteen major attempts to oust semiauthoritarian…”
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The Prospects for a Color Revolution in Russia by Bunce, Valerie

“…From 1998 to 2005, six elections took place in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia that led to the defeat of authoritarian incumbents or their anointed…”
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A Discussion of Aviezer Tucker's The Legacies of Totalitarianism: A Theoretical Framework by Bunce, Valerie

“…The concept of totalitarianism emerged between the two world wars in twentieth-century Europe to become a central concept of Cold War social science designed…”
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Rethinking Recent Democratization: Lessons from the Postcommunist Experience by Bunce, Valerie

“…This study compares democratization in the postcommunist region (or the twenty-seven countries that emerged from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe) in order…”
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Youth and Electoral Revolutions in Slovakia, Serbia, and Georgia by Bunce, Valerie J., Wolchik, Sharon L.

“…Since 1998, young people have played important roles in the electoral revolutions that deposed semi-authoritarian leaders in Slovakia, Serbia, and Georgia…”
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Comparative Democratization: Big and Bounded Generalizations by Bunce, Valerie

“…Comparative studies of democratization have produced two types of generalizations: those having nearly universal application and those applying to a range of…”
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Findings in Search of a Controversy and in Need of More Data by Bunce, Valerie, Wolchik, Sharon L.

“…Based on their quantitative survey of democracy protests from 1989 to 2011, Dawn Brancati and Adrian Lucardi conclude that diffusion of such protests is the…”
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GETTING REAL ABOUT "REAL CAUSES" by Bunce, Valerie, Wolchik, Sharon

“…In this way, it helps to overcome the formidable constraints on collective action that frequently block, even under ideal structural conditions, popular…”
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The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy. Edited by Beth A. Simmons, Frank Dobbin, and Geoffrey Garrett. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 384p. $81.00 cloth, $29.99 paper by Bunce, Valerie

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The National Idea: Imperial Legacies and Post-Communist Pathways in Eastern Europe by Bunce, Valerie

“…Why has the national idea played such a powerful role, both positive and negative, in the regime, state, and economic transitions that have taken place in…”
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Transnational networks, diffusion dynamics, and electoral revolutions in the postcommunist world by Bunce, Valerie, Wolchik, Sharon L.

“…Since 1996, eight elections have taken place in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia that have replaced illiberal with liberal governments. There is ample evidence…”
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Reflections on 1989 and Authoritarianism by Bunce, Valerie

“…Some of the conclusions that social scientists and policymakers drew from the events of 1989-particularly about the value of area studies and the viability of…”
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Reflections on 1989 and Authoritarianism by Bunce, Valerie

“…Some of the conclusions that social scientists and policymakers drew from the events of 1989 -- particularly about the value of area studies and the viability…”
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Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should and How We Can. By Michael McFaul. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. 304p. $27.95 by Bunce, Valerie, Wolchik, Sharon

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The Political Economy of Postsocialism by Bunce, Valerie

“…There were two good reasons to expect that developments after socialism, whether in the former Soviet Union or in east central Europe, would follow a roughly…”
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