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Record Nr.

UNINA9910772089003321

Autore

James Toby S. <1979->

Titolo

Comparative electoral management : performance, networks, and instruments / / Toby S. James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2020

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

ISBN

9781134820986

1134820984

9781134820917

1134820917

9781315545172

1315545179

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in elections, democracy, and autocracy

Disciplina

324.6

Soggetti

Election monitoring

Elections - Corrupt practices

Elections - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foundations -- Why Electoral Management Matters -- A Realist Sociological Approach -- Evaluating Electoral Management Performance -- Existing Concepts and Evidence -- The PROSeS Framework -- Part III: Governance Networks -- Electoral Management Governance Networks -- UK Electoral Management Governance Networks -- Comparative Electoral Management Governance Networks -- International Electoral Management Governance Networks -- Instruments -- Voter Registration Reform -- Centralisation -- Human Resource Practices -- Resources and Austerity -- Looking Forward.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers the first comparative monograph on the management of elections. The book defines electoral management as a new, inter-disciplinary area and advances a realist sociological approach to study it. A series of new, original frameworks are introduced, including the PROSeS framework which can be used by academics and practitioners



around the world to evaluate electoral management quality. A networked governance approach is also introduced to understand the full range of collaborative actors involved in delivering elections, including civil society and the international community. Finally, the book evaluates some of the policy instruments used to improve the integrity of elections, including voter registration reform, training and the funding of elections. Extensive mixed methods are used throughout including thematic analysis of interviews, ethnography, comparative historical analysis; and, cross-national and national surveys of electoral officials. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners interested and involved in electoral integrity and elections, and more broadly to comparative politics, public administration, international relations and democracy studies"--