Transnational Networks, Diffusion Dynamics, and Electoral Change in the Postcommunist World.

The article focuses on elections in mixed regimes in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia from 1996 to 2005. It states that democratic oppositions do win sometimes inspite of efforts of authoritarian leaders to stop them. It mentions diffusion, which is an approach to defeat dictators with the help of elections. It discusses defeat of dictators in elections which began in countries like Serbia and Romania.