03555nam 2200469Ia 450 991082306610332120200520144314.00-19-936113-40-19-999130-8(CKB)2670000000417366(StDuBDS)AH25563619(MiAaPQ)EBC3055440(EXLCZ)99267000000041736620130315d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDefending democratic norms international actors and the politics of electoral misconduct /Daniela DonnoOxford Oxford University Press20131 online resource (272 pages) 0-19-999129-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Electoral misconduct is widespread, but only some countries are punished by international actors for violating democratic norms. Using an original dataset and country case studies, this book explains variation in international norm enforcement.Although nearly every country in the world today holds multiparty elections, these contests are often blatantly unfair. For governments, electoral misconduct is a tempting but also a risky practice, because it represents a violation of Although nearly every country in the world today holds multiparty elections, these contests are often blatantly unfair. For governments, electoral misconduct is a tempting but also a risky practice, because it represents a violation of internationalstandards for free and fair elections. In Defending Democratic Norms, Daniela Donno examines how international actors respond to these norm violations. Which governments are punished for manipulating elections? Does international norm enforcement make a difference? Donno shows that althoughenforcement is selective and relatively rare, when international actors do employ tools of conditionality, diplomacy, mediation and shaming in response to electoral misconduct, they can have transformative effects on both the quality and outcome of elections. Specifically, enforcement works by empowering the domestic opposition and increasing the government's incentives to reform institutions of electoral management and oversight. These effects depend, however, on the presence of a viableopposition movement, as well as on the strength and credibility of the enforcement effort itself. The book shows that regional international organizations possess unique sources of leverage and legitimacy that make them the most consistently effective norm defenders, even compared to more materiallypowerful actors like the United States. Drawing on an original dataset from almost 700 elections and incorporating case studies from the Dominican Republic, Serbia, Armenia, Kenya and Cambodia, Defending Democratic Norms is a bold new theory of international norm enforcement that demonstrates the importance of active international intervention in domestic politics.Election monitoringContested electionsDemocratizationComparative governmentElection monitoring.Contested elections.Democratization.Comparative government.324.6/5Donno Daniela1623339MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823066103321Defending democratic norms3957695UNINA