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@article{713145,
author = {Balík, Stanislav and Holzer, Jan},
article_location = {Brno},
article_number = {1},
keywords = {Theory of non-democratic regimes; democracy; authoritarian regime},
language = {eng},
issn = {1801-6545},
journal = {Evropská volební studia},
title = {Focus on elections: Remarks on the Contemporary Methodology for Classifying Non-Democratic Regimes},
url = {http://ispo.fss.muni.cz/uploads/EVS/003/01.pdf},
volume = {2},
year = {2007}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 713145
AU - Balík, Stanislav - Holzer, Jan
PY - 2007
TI - Focus on elections: Remarks on the Contemporary Methodology for Classifying Non-Democratic Regimes
JF - Evropská volební studia
VL - 2
IS - 1
SP - 1-29
EP - 1-29
PB - ISPO FSS MU
SN - 18016545
KW - Theory of non-democratic regimes
KW - democracy
KW - authoritarian regime
UR - http://ispo.fss.muni.cz/uploads/EVS/003/01.pdf
N2 - This article describes and analyses current trends in classifying non-democratic regimes. A brief overview of the basic typologies (J. J. Linz, S. P. Huntington, W. Merkel) is given first. The article then focuses on the methodology currently used for classifying non-democratic regimes, one which is connected to a significant degree with the theory of so-called hybrid regimes. Placing a strong emphasis on the texts of L. Diamond, A. Schedler, S. Levitsky and L. A. Way, the authors attempt to illustrate the methodological consequences the application of this theory has for the relevant area of political science. The authors particularly concentrate on the exclusive role of the elections as a variable of classification, or, respectively, on the concept of elections as a criterion applied in a continuum between electoral democracies at the one end, and competitive authoritarianisms at the other. This paper provides a critical reflection on this approach and points out its methodological limits. According to the authors, elections can be used to discriminate between democracies and non-democracies, however, within the category of the nondemocratic regime one needs to apply a different set of criteria in order to be able to discriminate further.
ER -
BALÍK, Stanislav and Jan HOLZER. Focus on elections: Remarks on the Contemporary Methodology for Classifying Non-Democratic Regimes. \textit{Evropská volební studia}. Brno: ISPO FSS MU, 2007, vol.~2, No~1, p.~1-29. ISSN~1801-6545.
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