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DESCRIPTION:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: Explaining Autocratic 
 Elections by Seiki Tanaka Most dictators hold elections today – yet these 
 elections vary in terms of competitiveness and fairness. Why are some elec
 tions mere façades\, while others are close to being fraud-free and fair? 
 Conventional wisdom argues that the more resources dictators have\, the le
 ss likely they are to introduce the latter type. But in an era of increase
 d domestic and international pressure to democratize\, dictators who have 
 sufficient resources tend to distribute them to win elections. Seiki Tanak
 a is a post-doctoral fellow with the Institute for Security and Counter-Te
 rrorism at Syracuse University. He is also a consultant for Japan Internat
 ional Cooperation Agency (JICA) and a former research associate at Innovat
 ions for Poverty Action (IPA). He holds a Ph.D. and MA in Political Scienc
 e from the University of Tokyo\, Japan. Lunch Will Be Served January 25\, 
 2013 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm 209 Eggers Hall
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: Explaining Autocratic Elec
 tions 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: Expla
 ining Autocratic Elections by Seiki Tanaka Most dictators hold elections t
 oday – yet these elections vary in terms of competitiveness and fairness. 
 Why are some elections mere façades\, while others are close to being frau
 d-free and fair? Conventional wisdom argues that the more resources dictat
 ors have\, the less likely they are to introduce the latter type. But in a
 n era of increased domestic and international pressure to democratize\, di
 ctators who have sufficient resources tend to distribute them to win elect
 ions. Seiki Tanaka is a post-doctoral fellow with the Institute for Securi
 ty and Counter-Terrorism at Syracuse University. He is also a consultant f
 or Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and a former research ass
 ociate at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). He holds a Ph.D. and MA in
  Political Science from the University of Tokyo\, Japan. Lunch Will Be Ser
 ved January 25\, 2013 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm 209 Eggers Hall
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