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Electoral violence, corruption, and political order
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Throughout their history, political elections have been threatened by conflict, and the use of force has in the past several decades been an integral part of electoral processes in a significant nu...
Throughout their history, political elections have been threatened by conflict, and the use of force has in the past several decades been an integral part of electoral processes in a significant number of contemporary states. Drawing on cross-national data sets together with fourteen detailed case studies from around the world, 'Electoral Violence, Corruption, and Political Order' offers a global comparative analysis of violent electoral practices since the Second World War.
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- Creator
- Sarah Birch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780691203645, 0691203644, 0691203636, 0691203628
- OCLC
- on1143815921
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Carrots and Sticks -- 3. Coercive Electoral Governance -- 4. Violence by Nonstate Actors -- 5. Divergent Contexts and Patterns of Violent Elections -- 6. Strategies of Electoral-Violence Prevention -- 7. Conclusion. IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY, POL ICY, AND PRACTICE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A NOTE ON THE TYPE