Advancing Electoral Integrity

Judith G. Kelley, Kevin D. Gorter Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University The strength of this volume is its inclusion of both practitioners and scholars and its connection to the Electoral Integrity Index, a real world effort to improve how we think about and assess election quality and - ultimately - political legitimacy. It provides an invaluable set of perspectives for students, scholars and policy makers alike who want to think about what can be done to improve elections around the world.

Ian McAllister, Professor of Political Science, Australian National University With the expansion of democracy around the world, the quality and fairness of elections has come under intense scrutiny. This timely volume brings together an impressive list of international experts on electoral integrity. The results will be of interest to scholars concerned about the conduct and management of elections around the world.

Susan Hyde, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Yale University Advancing Electoral Integrity combines real-world and scholarly expertise to advance debates on the quality of elections, democracy, and how we can reform existing institutions to improve electoral integrity around the world.

Sarah Birch, Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Glasgow Advancing Electoral Integrity makes a vital contribution to the study of election quality. The volume provides an impressive tour d'horizon of this exciting new subfield, drawing together work by a variety of scholars working in different subfields as well as practitioners from outside academia. It is a must-read book for all who seek to have a full understanding of how elections work in the contemporary world.

Pippa Norris is McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Harvard University. Richard W. Frank is Research Associate at the University of Sydney. Ferran Martinez i Coma is Research Associate at the University of Sydney.

List of tables and figures ; Preface and acknowledgments ; Notes about contributors ; Introduction ; 1. Introduction: Challenges of Electoral Integrity, Pippa Norris ; When do elections fail? Standards and evidence ; 2. Assessing Elections, Avery Davies-Roberts and David J. Carroll ; 3. Methods and Evidence, Pippa Norris, Jorgen Elklit and Andrew Reynolds ; 4. Expert Judgments, Ferran Martinez i Coma and Richard W. Frank ; 5. Election Monitoring, Ursula Daxecker and Gerald Schneider ; Do Institutions Matter? Managing elections ; 6. Constitutions and Election Management, Svitlana Chernykh, Zachary Elkins, James Melton and Tom Ginsburg ; 7. Electoral Management in Central America, Antonio Ugues, Jr. ; 8. Election Management in Britain, Toby S. James ; 9. Investing in Electoral Management, Alistair Clark ; Does lack of integrity undermine legitimacy? ; 10. EMB Performance and African Perceptions of Electoral Integrity, Nicholas N. Kerr ; 11. Electoral Integrity and Democratic Legitimacy in Africa, Robert Mattes ; 12. Electoral Trust in Latin America, Arturo Maldonado and Mitchell Seligson ; 13. American Attitudes towards Election Fraud, Thad E. Hall and Charles Stewart ; Conclusions: What Is To Be Done? Policy Interventions ; 14. Lessons From the Ground: What Have We Learnt? What Do We Do Next? Roundtable Discussion with Eric Bjornlund, David Carroll, Staffan Darnolf, Annette Fath-Lihic, Aleida Ferreyra, Betilde Munoz-Pogossian, Pippa Norris, and Chad Vickery ; Index