Max Bader
Biographic Data
| ID | 4158856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Max Bader |
| GIVEN NAMES | Max |
| FAMILY NAME | Bader |
| SIGNATURE | BADER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Role of Precinct Commissions in Electoral Manipulation in Russia
The occurrence of manipulation in Russian elections is highly uneven not just across regions, but also across precincts. Why do some precinct election commissions take part in manipulation while other commissions stay “clean”? Drawing on a new dataset, this study assesses the impact of the party affiliation of precinct election commission members on electoral manipulation in relation to the 2016 State Duma election. The data reveal that, while th…
The Reintroduction of Early Voting in Russian Elections
An important change of electoral rules in Russia in recent years has been the reintroduction of early voting in elections at all levels. Because early voting had a reputation of being prone to abuse until it was banned in 2010, its reintroduction in 2014 was met with skepticism. This study examines whether early voting has been (again) used to manipulate electoral outcomes. It draws on a dataset, compiled by the author, of all 4,467 electoral rac…
Russian patronage over Abkhazia and South Ossetia
This article applies the concepts of linkage and leverage as developed by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way and elaborated by Gwendolyn Sasse in the introduction to this special issue of East European Politics to Russia’s involvement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two quasi-independent states in the South Caucasus. Through this re-conceptualisation of the developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, combined with new empirical insights, the arti…
What explains regional variation in election fraud? Evidence from Russia
The December 2011 legislative election was among the most fraudulent national elections in Russia since the communist period. The fraud, however, was not evenly spread across the country. Precinct-level election returns from the 83 regions of the Russian Federation suggest that the level of fraud ranged from minimal or small in some regions to extreme in some others, with moderate to high fraud levels in many regions in between. We argue that in …
Is international election observation credible? Evidence from Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe missions
While international election observations missions often aim to present generalizable claims about the quality and integrity of an election, their findings are rarely based on a representative sample of observations, undermining the credibility of the missions. Bias in the selection of polling stations, among other things, can inflate or deflate the percentage of polling stations where observers find significant flaws. This article uses original …
Democracy Promotion and Authoritarian Diffusion
Flawed electoral legislation in post-Soviet states has facilitated the conduct of undemocratic elections. This article argues that the low quality of electoral legislation in the region results in large part from a process of ‘authoritarian diffusion’, whereby the election laws of the post-Soviet states extensively borrow and adapt from Soviet laws and post-communist Russian laws. The authorities of most post-Soviet states have routinely disregar…
Does International Election Observation Deter and Detect Fraud? Evidence From Russia
It is widely taken for granted that international election observation deters and detects election fraud, but little evidence exists that supports this conventional wisdom. This article employs a unique dataset on the 2011 and 2012 election observation missions by the osce to the legislative and presidential elections in russia, to assess the claim that international election observation deters and detects fraud. The findings suggest that observe…
Crowdsourcing election monitoring in the 2011–2012 Russian elections
The 2011–2012 election cycle in Russia featured an innovation in election monitoring: the crowdsourcing, through the Web-based Karta Narusheniy tool, of information about electoral violations by thousands of individuals across Russia, resulting in a database that contains over 13,000 reports. This study assesses the collective ability of the contributors to the Karta Narusheniy to detect fraud, and looks at what the reports on the Karta Narusheni…
Trends and Patterns in Electoral Malpractice in Post-Soviet Eurasia
The large majority of elections in the post-Soviet area, by some accounts the most authoritarian region in the world, are marred by large-scale electoral malpractice. Since the late 1990s, the final reports from OSCE election observation missions include numerical data on the quality of election-day procedures as judged by election observers. With these data it is possible to study trends and patterns in the prevalence of electoral malpractice in…
Hegemonic political parties in post-Soviet Eurasia
Hegemonic parties in authoritarian regimes can fulfill important purposes for those regimes and thereby contribute to their survival. Along with the consolidation of authoritarian regimes, hegemonic political parties have emerged in some post-Soviet states, raising questions about the role that these parties play in the survival of the regimes. This article asks which of the purposes that are frequently ascribed to ruling authoritarian parties ar…
Party politics in Georgia and Ukraine and the failure of Western assistance
Despite a sustained effort, international assistance to political parties has failed to make a significant impact on parties in Georgia and Ukraine: political parties in these countries have remained far removed from the type of stable, democratic, and representative organisation that is commonly aimed for by party assistance. This study argues that domestic constraints on the development of stable and democratic parties have invalidated the assi…
The Bhopal Working Group Report
The Bhopal Working Group Report Max Bader CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.7.878-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Russian patronage over Abkhazia and South Ossetia
This article applies the concepts of linkage and leverage as developed by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way and elaborated by Gwendolyn Sasse in the introduction to this special issue of East European Politics to Russia’s involvement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two quasi-independent states in the South Caucasus. Through this re-conceptualisation of the developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, combined with new empirical insights, the arti…
What explains regional variation in election fraud? Evidence from Russia
The December 2011 legislative election was among the most fraudulent national elections in Russia since the communist period. The fraud, however, was not evenly spread across the country. Precinct-level election returns from the 83 regions of the Russian Federation suggest that the level of fraud ranged from minimal or small in some regions to extreme in some others, with moderate to high fraud levels in many regions in between. We argue that in …
Democracy Promotion and Authoritarian Diffusion
Flawed electoral legislation in post-Soviet states has facilitated the conduct of undemocratic elections. This article argues that the low quality of electoral legislation in the region results in large part from a process of ‘authoritarian diffusion’, whereby the election laws of the post-Soviet states extensively borrow and adapt from Soviet laws and post-communist Russian laws. The authorities of most post-Soviet states have routinely disregar…
Hegemonic political parties in post-Soviet Eurasia
Hegemonic parties in authoritarian regimes can fulfill important purposes for those regimes and thereby contribute to their survival. Along with the consolidation of authoritarian regimes, hegemonic political parties have emerged in some post-Soviet states, raising questions about the role that these parties play in the survival of the regimes. This article asks which of the purposes that are frequently ascribed to ruling authoritarian parties ar…
Crowdsourcing election monitoring in the 2011–2012 Russian elections
The 2011–2012 election cycle in Russia featured an innovation in election monitoring: the crowdsourcing, through the Web-based Karta Narusheniy tool, of information about electoral violations by thousands of individuals across Russia, resulting in a database that contains over 13,000 reports. This study assesses the collective ability of the contributors to the Karta Narusheniy to detect fraud, and looks at what the reports on the Karta Narusheni…
Party politics in Georgia and Ukraine and the failure of Western assistance
Despite a sustained effort, international assistance to political parties has failed to make a significant impact on parties in Georgia and Ukraine: political parties in these countries have remained far removed from the type of stable, democratic, and representative organisation that is commonly aimed for by party assistance. This study argues that domestic constraints on the development of stable and democratic parties have invalidated the assi…
Is international election observation credible? Evidence from Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe missions
While international election observations missions often aim to present generalizable claims about the quality and integrity of an election, their findings are rarely based on a representative sample of observations, undermining the credibility of the missions. Bias in the selection of polling stations, among other things, can inflate or deflate the percentage of polling stations where observers find significant flaws. This article uses original …
The Reintroduction of Early Voting in Russian Elections
An important change of electoral rules in Russia in recent years has been the reintroduction of early voting in elections at all levels. Because early voting had a reputation of being prone to abuse until it was banned in 2010, its reintroduction in 2014 was met with skepticism. This study examines whether early voting has been (again) used to manipulate electoral outcomes. It draws on a dataset, compiled by the author, of all 4,467 electoral rac…
Does International Election Observation Deter and Detect Fraud? Evidence From Russia
It is widely taken for granted that international election observation deters and detects election fraud, but little evidence exists that supports this conventional wisdom. This article employs a unique dataset on the 2011 and 2012 election observation missions by the osce to the legislative and presidential elections in russia, to assess the claim that international election observation deters and detects fraud. The findings suggest that observe…
Trends and Patterns in Electoral Malpractice in Post-Soviet Eurasia
The large majority of elections in the post-Soviet area, by some accounts the most authoritarian region in the world, are marred by large-scale electoral malpractice. Since the late 1990s, the final reports from OSCE election observation missions include numerical data on the quality of election-day procedures as judged by election observers. With these data it is possible to study trends and patterns in the prevalence of electoral malpractice in…
The Bhopal Working Group Report
The Bhopal Working Group Report Max Bader CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.7.878-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Party politics in Georgia and Ukraine and the failure of Western assistance
Despite a sustained effort, international assistance to political parties has failed to make a significant impact on parties in Georgia and Ukraine: political parties in these countries have remained far removed from the type of stable, democratic, and representative organisation that is commonly aimed for by party assistance. This study argues that domestic constraints on the development of stable and democratic parties have invalidated the assi…
Trends and Patterns in Electoral Malpractice in Post-Soviet Eurasia
The large majority of elections in the post-Soviet area, by some accounts the most authoritarian region in the world, are marred by large-scale electoral malpractice. Since the late 1990s, the final reports from OSCE election observation missions include numerical data on the quality of election-day procedures as judged by election observers. With these data it is possible to study trends and patterns in the prevalence of electoral malpractice in…
Hegemonic political parties in post-Soviet Eurasia
Hegemonic parties in authoritarian regimes can fulfill important purposes for those regimes and thereby contribute to their survival. Along with the consolidation of authoritarian regimes, hegemonic political parties have emerged in some post-Soviet states, raising questions about the role that these parties play in the survival of the regimes. This article asks which of the purposes that are frequently ascribed to ruling authoritarian parties ar…
Does International Election Observation Deter and Detect Fraud? Evidence From Russia
It is widely taken for granted that international election observation deters and detects election fraud, but little evidence exists that supports this conventional wisdom. This article employs a unique dataset on the 2011 and 2012 election observation missions by the osce to the legislative and presidential elections in russia, to assess the claim that international election observation deters and detects fraud. The findings suggest that observe…
Crowdsourcing election monitoring in the 2011–2012 Russian elections
The 2011–2012 election cycle in Russia featured an innovation in election monitoring: the crowdsourcing, through the Web-based Karta Narusheniy tool, of information about electoral violations by thousands of individuals across Russia, resulting in a database that contains over 13,000 reports. This study assesses the collective ability of the contributors to the Karta Narusheniy to detect fraud, and looks at what the reports on the Karta Narusheni…
Is international election observation credible? Evidence from Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe missions
While international election observations missions often aim to present generalizable claims about the quality and integrity of an election, their findings are rarely based on a representative sample of observations, undermining the credibility of the missions. Bias in the selection of polling stations, among other things, can inflate or deflate the percentage of polling stations where observers find significant flaws. This article uses original …
Democracy Promotion and Authoritarian Diffusion
Flawed electoral legislation in post-Soviet states has facilitated the conduct of undemocratic elections. This article argues that the low quality of electoral legislation in the region results in large part from a process of ‘authoritarian diffusion’, whereby the election laws of the post-Soviet states extensively borrow and adapt from Soviet laws and post-communist Russian laws. The authorities of most post-Soviet states have routinely disregar…
What explains regional variation in election fraud? Evidence from Russia
The December 2011 legislative election was among the most fraudulent national elections in Russia since the communist period. The fraud, however, was not evenly spread across the country. Precinct-level election returns from the 83 regions of the Russian Federation suggest that the level of fraud ranged from minimal or small in some regions to extreme in some others, with moderate to high fraud levels in many regions in between. We argue that in …
The Reintroduction of Early Voting in Russian Elections
An important change of electoral rules in Russia in recent years has been the reintroduction of early voting in elections at all levels. Because early voting had a reputation of being prone to abuse until it was banned in 2010, its reintroduction in 2014 was met with skepticism. This study examines whether early voting has been (again) used to manipulate electoral outcomes. It draws on a dataset, compiled by the author, of all 4,467 electoral rac…
Russian patronage over Abkhazia and South Ossetia
This article applies the concepts of linkage and leverage as developed by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way and elaborated by Gwendolyn Sasse in the introduction to this special issue of East European Politics to Russia’s involvement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two quasi-independent states in the South Caucasus. Through this re-conceptualisation of the developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, combined with new empirical insights, the arti…
The Role of Precinct Commissions in Electoral Manipulation in Russia
The occurrence of manipulation in Russian elections is highly uneven not just across regions, but also across precincts. Why do some precinct election commissions take part in manipulation while other commissions stay “clean”? Drawing on a new dataset, this study assesses the impact of the party affiliation of precinct election commission members on electoral manipulation in relation to the 2016 State Duma election. The data reveal that, while th…
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