CDDRL Post-Doctoral Fellow, Jason Brownlee, Speaks About Elections in Authoritarian States on Chicago Public Radio

In Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even the United States, the process of holding free and fair elections is proving difficult. For nations in transition and for established democracies, what are elections meant to accomplish? Political scientists John Carey and Jason M. Brownlee join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Carey writes about constitutions and the design of electoral rules, including the report, The Organization of Executive and Legislative Authority in a New Iraqi Government. Brownlee writes about democratization in the Middle East, including his article, The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak's Egypt. He is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Read more »