Elections in Hard Times: Building Stronger Democracies in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9781107584631 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 298 str.

Thomas Edward Flores

Opis

Demonstrates why elections fail to promote democracy when countries lack democratic experience and are held during civil conflict.

Recenzje

'This volume by Flores and Nooruddin argues that elections are most likely to fail to strengthen democracy in countries with shallow stocks of experience of prior competitive contests, in weak states lacking fiscal resources, and in divided societies with a history of violent civil conflict. In other words, longstanding structural constraints limit attempts to hold democratic elections. Whether and how states can break out of this enduring legacy remains a complex and challenging issue. In an accessible and systematic manner, the authors provide fresh cross-national time-series evidence to support this plausible thesis, providing an invaluable contribution to the burgeoning research.' Pippa Norris, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Massachusetts

Spis treści

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.