How to Rig an Election Audiobook (Free)

Contrary to what’s commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who consent to hold elections are generally able to stay in power longer than autocrats who refuse to permit the populace to vote. In this interesting and provocative reserve, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas expose the limitations of nationwide elections as a way of advertising democratization, and reveal the six important strategies that dictators use to undermine the electoral procedure in order to guarantee success for themselves. Based on their firsthand experiences as election watchers and their hundreds of interviews with presidents, best ministers, diplomats, election officials, and conspirators, Cheeseman and Klaas document instances of election rigging from Argentina to Zimbabwe, including notable good examples from Brazil, India, Nigeria, Russia, and the United States-touching around the 2016 election. This eye-opening research offers a sobering overview of corrupted professional politics, while providing fertile intellectual ground for the development of fresh solutions for protecting democracy from authoritarian subversion.