Pippa Norris

Strengthening Electoral Integrity

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Produktbeschreibung

Norris counters current pessimism about the effectiveness of democratic programs monitoring and assisting elections worldwide, arguing for international engagement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 169mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781107052604
• ISBN-10: 1107052602
• Artikelnr.: 48918927

Autorenporträt

Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at Sydney University. She is the director of the Electoral Integrity Project. Recent books by this award-winning author include Driving Democracy (Cambridge, 2008), Cosmopolitan Communications (Cambridge, 2009), Democratic Deficit (Cambridge, 2011), Making Democratic Governance Work (Cambridge, 2012), Why Electoral Integrity Matters (Cambridge, 2014), and Why Elections Fail (Cambridge, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: Does Electoral Assistance Work?: 1. The pragmatic case for electoral assistance
Part II. Evaluating Electoral Assistance: 2. What is electoral assistance?
3. Evaluating effectiveness
4. Threats and opportunities facing electoral assistance
Part III. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Electoral Assistance Programs: 5. Reforming electoral laws
6. Strengthening women's representation
7. Supporting independent media
8. Regulating political finance
9. Improving voter registration
Part IV. Conclusions: Lessons Learned: 10. Making electoral assistance work better.