Механизм возникновения революций через выборы, в том числе применительно к «цветным» революциям, проанализирован в ряде работ западных исследователей: Fearon James. Self-Enforcing Democracy. Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2006. August 31-September 3; Tucker Joshua. Enough! Electoral Fraud, Collective Action Problems, and Post-Communist Colored Revolutions // Perspective on Politics. 2007. № 5; Weingast Barry. Political Foundations of Democracy and the Rule of Law // American Political Science Review. 1997. № 91.
