The Democratic Claims of Communist Regime Leaders

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ID6181310
AuthorsJorge I Dominguez (0000-0002-2193-553X, Independent Scholar, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume54
Issue1-2
Pages45-65
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.45
OpenAlexW3164660911
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Communist authoritarian regimes born of revolution claim that their rule is democratic, sponsoring elections that, even if uncompetitive, may supplement their claims to rule if the outcome rewards the most-voted with high posts and sidelines the lower-voted. In 2018, Cuba’s new president argued that the 2018 election shaped the new National Assembly and Council of State democratically: garnering electoral support and better inclusiveness by gender, race, and age. Indeed, across the 2003, 2013, and 2018 elections, the Council became demographically inclusive, matching or exceeding its East Asian communist regime peers. However, in Cuba as in Vietnam, election vote shares had little effect on Council membership; the most-voted were not rewarded, the lower-voted were not sidelined

Authoritarianism · Communism · Democracy · Election law · Electoral college · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voting · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Cuban History and Society · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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