Monitors and meddlers : how foreign actors influence local trust in elections / Sarah Sunn Bush, Lauren Prather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bush, Sarah Sunn, 1982- author.

Prather, Lauren, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election monitoring.

Foreign interference in elections.

Elections--Public opinion.

Elections.

Democratization--International cooperation.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Foreign influences on elections are widespread. Although foreign interventions around elections differ markedly-in terms of when and why they occur, and whether they are even legal-they all have enormous potential to influence citizens in the countries where elections are held. Bush and Prather explain how and why outside interventions influence local trust in elections, a critical factor for democracy and stability. Whether foreign actors enhance or diminish electoral trust depends on who is intervening, what political party citizens support, and where the election takes place. The book draws on diverse evidence, including new surveys conducted around elections with varying levels of democracy in Georgia, Tunisia, and the United States. Its insights about public opinion shed light on why leaders sometimes invite foreign influences on elections and why the candidates that win elections do not do more to respond to credible evidence of foreign meddling.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009204262 (ebook)

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Restricted for use by site license.