The pseudo-democrat's dilemma why election observation became an international norm
Why did election monitoring become an international norm? Why do "pseudo-democrats" (undemocratic leaders who present themselves as democratic) invite international observers, even when they are likely to be caught manipulating elections? Is election observation an effective tool of democr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2011, 2011
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Why did election monitoring become an international norm? Why do "pseudo-democrats" (undemocratic leaders who present themselves as democratic) invite international observers, even when they are likely to be caught manipulating elections? Is election observation an effective tool of democracy promotion, or is it simply a way to legitimize electoral autocracies? This book uses cross-national data on election observations since 1960 and case studies of Armenia, Indonesia, Haiti, Peru, Togo, and Zimbabwe to explain international election monitoring with a new theory of international norms |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 245 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0801456762 0801449669 9780801461255 9780801449666 0801461251 9780801456763 |