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Elections in the Third World Countries

Author(s): Milena Simić, Ivana Stradner
Subject(s): Electoral systems
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: elections; election systems; third world countries; Republic of South Africa; India; Mexico
Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes whether elections in Third world countries have contributed to improvement of political economy and economic governance. Given great number of Third world countries, authors of this article have focused on analyzing election systems in two third world countries. Authors analyze elections in Republic of South Africa, India and Mexico because such countries are atypical representatives of third world countries due to their economic development and neoliberal democracy. Authors conclude that election models (types) do not necessarily reflect economic development in third world countries. In addition this article focuses on inadequacy of term Third world country i.e. on in-adequacy of criteria by which countries are classified as first, second and third world countries and new criteria for classification of countries is suggested.

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