Bulgaria’s Royal Elections

Issue Date April 2002
Volume 13
Issue 2
Page Numbers 141-155
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Last year, Bulgarians elected their newly returned former king as prime minister and then, in a shocking upset, ousted their incumbent president. What do these results portend for the future of Bulgarian democracy?

About the Author

Zoltan Barany is Frank C. Erwin Jr. Centennial Professor of Government at the University of Texas–Austin. He is the author most recently of States Without Armies: Why They Exist and How They Survive (forthcoming).

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