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Monitoring democracy : when international election observation works, and why it often fails /
In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. But when more organizations join the practice without uniform standards, are assessment...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. But when more organizations join the practice without uniform standards, are assessments reliable? When politicians nonetheless cheat and monitors must return to countries even after two decades of engagement, what is accomplished? Monitoring Democracy argues that the practice of international election monitoring is broken, but still worth fixing. By analyzing the evolving interaction. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (359 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400842520 1400842522 9780691152776 0691152772 9780691152783 0691152780 |