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Star Search: Do Elections Help Nondemocratic Regimes Identify New Leaders?

Journal of East Asian Studies, 2013, 13(1), 35, pp.35-68 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Star Search: Do Elections Help Nondemocratic Regimes Identify New Leaders?
Author: Malesky, Edmund ; Schuler, Paul
Subjects: Authoritarian regimes ; Authoritarianism ; Authoritarianism (Political Ideology) ; Candidates ; Competition ; Election law ; Elections ; Finance committees ; Government officials ; Industry hiring ; Leaders ; Leadership ; Lower chamber ; Loyalty ; Meetings ; Nominations ; Parliaments ; Party leaders ; Political appointments ; Political candidates ; Political debate ; Political development ; Political leadership ; Political parties ; Standing committees ; Vietnamese ; Voting ; 지역학
Is Part Of: Journal of East Asian Studies, 2013, 13(1), 35, pp.35-68
Description: A commonly proffered theory to explain the use of elections in authoritarian regimes is that they help identify talented young leaders who can be groomed for leadership positions. Unfortunately, due to the difficulties of obtaining data in authoritarian settings, this hypothesis has not been tested satisfactorily. We examine candidate-level data from the 2007 Vietnamese National Assembly (VNA) election and subsequent selection of candidates for top positions within the VNA and for top ministry positions. We find no evidence that vote share is associated with promotion to leadership positions in the VNA and only limited evidence for vote share association with ministerial posts. Instead, the results indicate that leadership selection takes place within the party rather than through elections. Furthermore, behavior within the assembly suggests that those who were chosen may have been selected based on their loyalty or at least pliancy to the party elites.
Publisher: New York, US: Cambridge University Press
Language: English;Korean
Identifier: ISSN: 1598-2408
EISSN: 2234-6643
DOI: 10.1017/S1598240800008523
Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central

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