Elections in Hard Times

Elections in Hard Times

Building Stronger Democracies in the 21st Century

Flores, Thomas Edward (George Mason University, Virginia); Nooruddin, Irfan (Georgetown University, Washington DC)

Cambridge University Press

08/2016

298

Mole

Inglês

9781107584631

15 a 20 dias

Demonstrates why elections fail to promote democracy when countries lack democratic experience and are held during civil conflict.
Part I. From Elections to Democracy: Theory and Evidence: 1. Introduction; 2. Why have elections failed to deliver? An answer; 3. The third wave(s) and the electoral boom; Part II. Challenges Facing Elections in Developing Countries: 4. The ephemeral power of contingent legitimacy; 5. Experience matters: democratic stock and elections; 6. Starved states: fiscal space and elections; 7. Violent votes: conflict and elections; Part III. Democracy Promotion for the Twenty-First Century: 8. Democracy promotion for the twenty-first century; 9. Conclusions; Appendices.
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