Protecting the Ballot: How First-Wave Democracies Ended Electoral Corruption

by Isabela Mares

Book Overview

How reforms limiting electoral misconduct completed the process of democratization

Between 1850 and 1918, many first-wave democracies in Europe adopted electoral reforms that reduced the incidence of electoral malfeasance. Drawing on analysis of parliamentary deliberations and roll call votes in France, Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom, Protecting the Ballot explores how these electoral changes came about.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691240035
• ISBN13: 9780691240039
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"