Monitoring democracy : when international election observation works, and why it often fails / Judith G. Kelley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelley, Judith Green.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election monitoring.

Election monitoring--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent decades, governments and NGO's--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. But when more organizations join the practice without uniform standards, are assessments reliable? When politicians nonetheless cheat and monitors must return to countries even after two decades of engagement, what is accomplished? Monitoring Democracy argues that the practice of international election monitoring is broken, but still worth fixing. By analyzing the evolving interaction between domestic and international politics, Judith Kelley refutes prevailing arguments that international efforts cannot curb government behavior and that democratization is entirely a domestic process. Yet, she also shows that democracy promotion efforts are deficient and that outside actors often have no power and sometimes even do harm. Analyzing original data on over 600 monitoring missions and 1,300 elections, Kelley grounds her investigation in solid historical context as well as studies of long-term developments over several elections in fifteen countries. She pinpoints the weaknesses of international election monitoring and looks at how practitioners and policymakers might help to improve them.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

Part I

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Rise of a New Norm

Chapter 3. The Shadow Market

Chapter 4. What Influences Monitors' Assessments?

Chapter 5. Do Politicians Change Tactics to Evade Criticism?

Part II

Chapter 6. International Monitors as Reinforcement

Chapter 7. Are Monitored Elections Better?

Chapter 8. Long- Term Effects

Conclusion: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Appendix A: Data Description

Appendix B: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 3

Appendix C: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 4

Appendix D: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 7 / Buntaine, Mark

Appendix E: Case Summaries / Kolev, Kiril

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613589699

9781280494468

1280494468

9781400842520

1400842522

OCLC:

779828034