Forms of foreign intervention around elections differ markedly in terms of when and why they occur, and their legality. This book examines their potential to influence what the authors see as a critical, but understudied, audience: citizens in the countries where elections are held.
Forms of foreign intervention around elections differ markedly in terms of when and why they occur, and their legality. This book examines their potential to influence what the authors see as a critical, but understudied, audience: citizens in the countries where elections are held.
Sarah Sunn Bush is associate professor of political science at Yale University. She is the author of The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators (Cambridge, 2015) and has held fellowships at the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania, the Harvard Kennedy School, and Uppsala University.
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1. Introduction 2. How foreign actors influence election credibility 3. Research strategy 4. Monitors' effects 5. Meddlers' effects 6. Intervener identity 7. Individual vote choice 8. Elections with foreign influences.