The Credibility Challenge: How Democracy Aid Influences Election Violence
- Submitting institution
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University College London
- Unit of assessment
- 19 - Politics and International Studies
- Output identifier
- 8871
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.7591/9781501736551
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- ISBN
- 9781501736568
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 246-page book draws on 9 years of research on election observation, technical assistance, and election violence, dozens of interviews with practitioners in democracy aid agencies and organizations, and many months of fieldwork in Liberia and Kenya. It challenges the conventional view that election observation is generally a good idea. Based on an original global dataset, original survey data, rigorous quantitative analyses, qualitative case studies, it shows that criticism by observers can trigger more political violence after elections. Further, it shows that technical assistance can improve the credibility of election commissions, increase public trust, and facilitate peaceful transitions of power.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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