Taylor C Boas: 2 books
Presidential Campaigns in Latin America
Electoral Strategies and Success Contagion
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
How do presidential candidates in new democracies choose their campaign strategies, and what strategies do they adopt? In contrast to the claim that campaigns around the world are becoming more similar to one another, Taylor Boas argues that new democracies are likely to develop nationally specific...
Open Networks, Closed Regimes
The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
As the Internet diffuses across the globe, many have come to believe that the technology poses an insurmountable threat to authoritarian rule. Grounded in the Internet's early libertarian culture and predicated on anecdotes pulled from diverse political climates, this conventional wisdom has informed...