The Fourth Wave of Democracy and Dictatorship: Noncooperative Transitions in the Postcommunist World

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Political Participation and Regime Stability: A Framework for Analyzing Hybrid Regimes (2009, background): “Indeed, some scholars argue that the “transition paradigm” of the 1990s incorrectly assumes that democratizing states are always moving in a linear direction, from authoritarian rule to democracy (Carothers, 2002; McFaul, 2002: 242–4).”
Typologies: Forming Concepts and Creating Categorical Variables (2008, unknown): “Regimes, postcommunist (McFaul 2002) Wars(Vasquez 1993)”
The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains (2009, unknown): “Indeed, dictators have managed to remain in power for long periods of time by holding ‘‘staged’’ elections (McFaul, 2002).”
The Great Transformation Of Central Eastern Europe: Success And Disappointment - First Published (2006, background): “7 See, for example Offe (1996) and McFaul (2002).”
Putting Typologies to Work (2012, background): “…(Murillo 2000), state responses to women’s movements (Mazur 2001), national political economies (Hall and Soskice 2001), postcommunist regimes (McFaul 2002), social policy (Mares 2003), time horizons in patterns of causation (Pierson 2003), transnational coalitions (Tarrow 2005), state…”