Contentious Elections

From Ballots to Barricades
Herausgeber: Norris, Pippa; Martínez I Coma, Ferran; Frank, Richard W

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe the world has witnessed a rising tide of contentious elections ending in heated partisan debates, court challenges, street protests, and legitimacy challenges. Despite growing concern, until recently little research has studied this phenomenon. To understand contentious elections, this book brings together scholars using a range of fresh evidence. The editors, from the Electoral Integrity Project, develop the theoretical framework and then draw together the main findings in the introduction and conclusions. The book provides insights invaluable for studies in democracy and democratization, comparative politics, international relations, and political behavior.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781138853027
• ISBN-10: 113885302X
• Artikelnr.: 41608990

Autorenporträt

Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Laureate Research Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Electoral Integrity Project. Richard W. Frank is Lecturer in International Relations, School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University and senior research fellow (non-resident) at the Electoral Integrity Project. Ferran Martinez i Coma is a Research Associate in the Electoral Integrity Project at the University of Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS 1. Contentious Elections: From Votes to Violence Pippa Norris,
Richard W. Frank, and Ferran Martinez i Coma Part I: Corroding Public Trust
and Triggering Protest 2. Do Contentious Elections Depress Turnout? Olena
Nikolayenko 3. Do Contentious Elections Catalyze Mass Protests? Alesia
Sedziaka and Richard Rose 4. Do Contentious Elections Overthrow Leaders?
Masaaki Higashijima Part 2: Catalyzing and Preventing Electoral Violence
5. Do Contentious Elections Trigger Violence? Patrick M. Kuhn 6. Do
Referendums Resolve or Perpetuate Contention? Katherine Collin Conclusions
7. The Risks of Contentious Elections Pippa Norris, Richard W. Frank, and
Ferran Martinez i Coma