Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dissidents, harassing adversaries, coercing voters, vote-rigging counts, and even blatant disregard for the popular vote. Elsewhere minor irregularities are common, exemplified by inaccurate voter registers, maladministration of polling facilities, lack of security in absentee ballots, pro-government media bias, ballot miscounts, and gerrymandering. Serious violations of human rights that undermine electoral credibility are widely condemned by domestic observers and the international community. Recent protests about integrity have mobilized in countries as diverse as Russia, Mexico, and Egypt. However, long-standing democracies are far from immune to these ills; past problems include the notorious hanging chads in Florida in 2000 and more recent accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression during the Obama-Romney contest. When
problems come to light, however, is anyone held to account and are effective remedies implemented?
In response to these developments, there have been growing attempts to analyze flaws in electoral integrity and transparency using systematic data from cross-national time-series, forensic analysis, field experiments, case studies, and new instruments monitoring mass and elite perceptions of malpractices. This volume collects essays from international experts who evaluate the robustness, conceptual validity, and reliability of the growing body of evidence. The essays compare alternative approaches and apply these methods to evaluate the quality of elections in several areas, including the United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. Election Watchdogs: Transparency, Accountability and Integrity presents new insights into the importance of diverse actors who promote electoral transparency, accountability, and ultimately the integrity of electoral governance.

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Recent Years Have Seen Resurgent Interest In The Potential Capacity Of Transparency - The Public Availability Of Information - To Improve Democratic Governance. Timely, Accurate, Granular And Freely-available Information Is Generally Regarded As Intrinsically Valuable, As Well As Having Many Instrumental Benefits. In Development, Transparency And Accountability Is Generally Thought To Help Plug The Leaky Pipes Of Corruption And Inefficiency, Channel Public Spending More Efficiently, And Produce Better Services. In The Field Of Electoral Governance, Openness About The Rules And Procedures, Outcomes, And Decisions Processes Used By Electoral Authorities Is Widely Assumed To Build Public Trust, Improve Policy-making, And Facilitate Accountability. In The Age Of Wikileaks, Twitter And Google, Open Governance, Expanding Information And Communication, Often Seems Like An Unqualified Good. Nevertheless, Beyond Popular Buzzword Sloganeering, Evidence Suggests That The Impact Of Transparency On The Quality Of Governance And Elections Remains Mixed. Transparency Also Has A Dark Side, Threatening Trust, Privacy, And Security. To Understand These Issues More Fully, This Book Seeks To Assess The Contemporary Drive Towards Open Electoral Governance And To Identify Several Conditions Predicted To Determine The Success Of Transparency Policies In Strengthening Electoral Integrity. Chapters Look At Transparency In Electoral Governance At The International And State Levels, As Well As Within Civil Society-- Part I. Introduction. 1. Transparency In Electoral Governance / Pippa Norris -- Part Ii. Upwards Accountability To The International Community. 2. International Monitors / Craig Arceneaux And Anika Leithner -- 3. International Enforcement / Daniela Donno -- 4. Electoral Reform / Ferran Martinez I Coma -- 5. Election Audits / Erica Shein And Chad Vickery -- Part Iii. Horizontal Accountability To State Actors. 6. Election Management / Holly Ann Garnett -- 7. Constitutional Courts / Armen Mazmanyan -- 8. Poll Workers / Alistair Clark And Toby S. James -- Part Iv. Downward Accountability To Civil Society. 9. Domestic Monitors / Max Grömping -- 10. The Fourth Estate / Alessandro Nai -- Part V. Conclusions. 11. Electoral Transparency, Accountability And Integrity / Pippa Norris. Edited By Pippa Norris And Alessandro Nai. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

"Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity. The most overt malpractices used by rulers include imprisoning dissidents, harassing adversaries, coercing voters, vote-rigging counts, and even blatant disregard for the popular vote. Elsewhere minor irregularities are common, exemplified by inaccurate voter registers, maladministration of polling facilities, lack of security in absentee ballots, pro-government media bias, ballot miscounts, and gerrymandering. Serious violations of human rights that undermine electoral credibility are widely condemned by domestic observers and the international community. Recent protests about integrity have mobilized in countries as diverse as Russia, Mexico, and Egypt. However, long-standing democracies are far from immune to these ills; past problems include the notorious hanging chads in Florida in 2000 and more recent accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression during the Obama-Romney contest. When problems come to light, however, is anyone held to account and are effective remedies implemented? In response to these developments, there have been growing attempts to analyze flaws in electoral integrity and transparency using systematic data from cross-national time-series, forensic analysis, field experiments, case studies, and new instruments monitoring mass and elite perceptions of malpractices. This volume collects essays from international experts who evaluate the robustness, conceptual validity, and reliability of the growing body of evidence. The essays compare alternative approaches and apply these methods to evaluate the quality of elections in several areas, including the United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. Election Watchdogs:Transparency, Accountability and Integrity presents new insights into the importance of diverse actors who promote electoral transparency, accountability, and ultimately the integrity of electoral governance" (ed.)

Recent years have seen resurgent interest in the potential capacity of transparency—the public availability of information—to improve democratic governance. Timely, accurate, granular, and freely available information is generally regarded as intrinsically valuable, as well as having many instrumental benefits. In development, transparency and accountability are generally thought to help plug the leaky pipes of corruption and inefficiency, channel public spending more efficiently, and produce better services. In the field of electoral governance, openness about the rules and procedures, outcomes, and decision processes used by electoral authorities is widely assumed to build public trust, improve policymaking, and facilitate accountability. In the age of WikiLeaks, Twitter, and Google, open governance—expanding information and communication—often seems like an unqualified good. Nevertheless, beyond popular buzzword sloganeering, evidence suggests that the impact of transparency on the quality of governance and elections remains mixed. Transparency also has a dark side, threatening trust, privacy, and security. To understand these issues more fully, this book seeks to assess the early-21st-century drive toward open electoral governance and to identify several conditions predicted to determine the success of transparency policies in strengthening electoral integrity. The chapters of this book look at transparency in electoral governance at the international and state levels, as well as within civil society.

Content: Machine generated contents note: --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
Preface --
About the Contributors --
Part I: Introduction --
1. Transparency in electoral governance --
Pippa Norris --
Part II: Upwards accountability to the international community --
2. International monitors --
Craig Arceneaux and Anika Leithner --
3. International enforcement --
Daniela Donno --
4. Electoral reform --
Ferran Martinez i Coma --
5. Election audits --
Erica Shein and Chad Vickery --
Part III: Horizontal accountability to state actors --
6. Election management --
Holly Ann Garnett --
7. Constitutional courts --
Armen Mazmanyan --
8. Poll workers --
Alistair Clark and Toby S. James --
Part IV: Downward accountability to civil society --
9. Domestic monitors --
Max Grömping --
10. The fourth estate --
Alessandro Nai --
Part V: Conclusions --
11. Electoral transparency, accountability and integrity --
Pippa Norris --
Notes --
References --
Index.

Cover 1
Election Watchdogs 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
List of Figures 8
List of Tables 10
Preface 12
About the Contributors 14
Part I Introduction 20
1 Transparency in Electoral Governance 22
Part II Upward Accountability to
the International Community 48
2 International Monitors 50
3 International Enforcement 73
4 Electoral Reform 91
5 Election Audits 111
Part III Horizontal Accountability to State Actors 134
6 Election Management 136
7 Constitutional Courts 146
8 Poll Workers 163
Part IV Downward Accountability to Civil Society 184
9 Domestic Monitors 186
10 The Fourth Estate 210
Part V Conclusions 230
11 Electoral Transparency, Accountability and Integrity 232
Notes 250
References 258
Index 286

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