Voter Backlash and Elite Misperception: The Logic of Violence in Electoral Competition

ISBN-13: 9781009354882 / Angielski

Steven C. Rosenzweig

Opis

This book investigates the causes and consequences of election-related violence, analyzing why politicians employ violence and how it affects their electoral prospects. It offers novel insight into election campaigns, democratic development, and the impact of violence on voters and provides new ideas to combat election-related violence.

Recenzje

'This highly compelling book is important in both scholarly and substantive terms, as it provides a rigorous demonstration of the cost of electoral violence to perpetrators. This is a message that needs to get out to as many people as possible, to minimize the use of violence as an electoral tool.' Sarah Birch, King's College London

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Election-Related Violence in Kenya and Around the World; 3. Theorizing Election-Related Violence: Toward a Theory of Elite Misperception; 4 Violence and Election Outcomes; 5. How Violence Affects Voting: Coercion, Persuasion, and Backlash; 6. Elite Misperception and Election-Related Violence; 7. Voter Backlash, Elite Misperception, and Violence Beyond Kenya; 8. Conclusion.