Strengthening electoral integrity / Pippa Norris, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Pippa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election law.

Elections--Management.

Elections.

Election monitoring.

Physical Description:

xi, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries around the world, can anything be done to fix them? To counter the prevailing ethos, Pippa Norris presents new evidence for why programs of international electoral assistance work. She evaluates the effectiveness of several practical remedies, including efforts designed to reform electoral laws, strengthen women's representation, build effective electoral management bodies, promote balanced campaign communications, regulate political money, and improve voter registration. Pippa Norris argues that it would be a tragedy to undermine progress by withdrawing from international engagement. Instead, the international community needs to learn the lessons of what works best to strengthen electoral integrity, to focus activities and resources upon the most effective programs, and to innovate after a quarter century of efforts to strengthen electoral integrity."-- Amazon.com.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-365) and index.

ISBN:

9781107052604

1107052602

1107681669

9781107681668

OCLC:

996421232