Electoral Malpractice

by Sarah Birch

Elections ought in theory to go a long way toward making democracy 'work', but in many contexts, they fail to embody democratic ideals because they are affected by electoral manipulation and misconduct. This book undertakes an analytic and explanatory investigation of electoral malpractice, which is understood as taking three principal forms: manipulation of the rules governing elections, manipulation of vote preference formation and expression, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199606161
• ISBN13: 9780199606160
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"