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Authoritarianism, Elections, Democracy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2012

Jeffrey C. Isaac
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The demand for democracy is a pervasive feature of contemporary political discourse. It is a compelling demand, for citizens and elites who rally beneath the banner of “democracy” and for political scientists who study the ways citizens and elites rally beneath banners in order to mobilize, seek, and contest political power. The force of this demand was captured by the cover of our June 2011 issue, which featured a wall in Egypt's Tahrir Square covered with graffiti stating that “Mubarak must go” and calling for “freedom” and “democracy.”

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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 863 - 866
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012

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