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1 Online-Ressource (317 pages)
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9780300235210
Inhalt:
Cover page -- Halfltitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION How do you solve a problem like elections? -- What counts as rigging? -- The rise of multiparty elections -- Defining democracy -- Should I stay or should I go? -- The authoritarian toolbox -- Strengthening democracy -- Chapter 1 INVISIBLE RIGGING How to steal an election without getting caught -- How to rig without getting caught -- Fixing the electorate -- Political exclusion -- The broader impact of electoral exclusion -- Strengthening democracy by defeating 'invisible rigging' -- Chapter 2 BUYING HEARTS AND MINDS The art of electoral bribery -- Funding clientelism -- Getting value for money -- Enforcing the deal -- The impact of vote buying -- Strengthening democracy -- Chapter 3 DIVIDE AND RULE Violence as a political strategy -- Fighting elections -- Violence as a tool of electoral manipulation -- The multiple uses of political violence -- Reducing the cost of violence -- The consequences of violence -- Strengthening democracy and deterring political violence -- Chapter 4 HACK THE ELECTION Fake news and the digital frontier -- The digital revolution -- Hacking and harvesting -- Profiling the people -- The vulnerabilities of new technology -- Strengthening democracy on the digital frontier -- Chapter 5 BALLOT-BOX STUFFING The last resort -- Compromising the commission -- Fiddling the figures -- Selecting a strategy -- Strengthening democracy and protecting the ballot -- Chapter 6 POTEMKIN ELECTIONS How to fool the West -- Defending the indefensible -- The birth of election monitoring -- Escaping detection -- The rise of 'zombie' election monitors -- Strengthening democracy by watching the watchdogs -- CONCLUSION How to stop election rigging -- Why protect elections? -- The abuse of democracy -- The shape of things to come -- Reining in rigging
Inhalt:
The future of elections and election rigging -- APPENDICES -- Appendix 1 Quantitative analysis methods and data sources -- Appendix 2 Regional breakdown of countries used in statistical analysis -- Appendix 3 Global total number of elections, by year -- Appendix 4 Global number of elections monitored by international monitors, by year -- Appendix 5 Global percentage of elections lost by incumbents, by year -- Appendix 6 Percentage of elections lost by incumbents in sub-Saharan Africa, by year -- Appendix 7 Average election quality, by region, 2012-15 -- Appendix 8 Global percentage chance of an election being rigged, by the number of years the incumbent has been in power, regression analysis 1989-2012 -- Appendix 9 Percentage of elections with state control of the election management body, by region, 2012-16 -- Appendix 10 Global percentage average of voter turnout over time -- Appendix 11 Percentage of elections with state targeting of the opposition with violence, intimidation or harassment -- Appendix 12 Percentage of elections with state targeting of the opposition with violence, intimidation or harassment, by region, 2012-16 -- Appendix 13 Percentage of elections with election day irregularities, by region, 2012-16 -- Appendix 14 Percentage of elections featuring vote buying, by region, 2012-16 -- Appendix 15 Regime classification of cases discussed in depth in this book -- Appendix 16 Electronic voting usage, global -- ENDNOTES -- FURTHER READING -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX
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ISBN 9780300204438
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cheeseman, Nic How to Rig an Election New Haven : Yale University Press,c2018
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Englisch
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