In recent years, election administration has become a subject of intensified debates, raising
questions of how to organize elections to ensure electoral integrity. One question concerns …

Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and
democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries …

This concluding article begins by considering the reasons behind the growing demand for
policy-relevant comparative research into the institutional structures and processes of …

Achieving the ideals of electoral democracy depends on well-run elections. Persistent
problems of electoral integrity in transitional and established democracies have prompted a …

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 …

Electoral integrity is a persistent concern in both established and transitional democracies.
Independent Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) have been championed as a key …

As multiparty elections have become a global norm, scholars and policy experts regard
public trust in elections as vital for regime legitimacy. However, very few cross-national …

Trust in the integrity of the electoral process is essential for a functioning democracy.
However, doubts about the legitimacy of electoral processes have increased in established …

Building better elections is a central task for the study of democracy and democratisation.
Despite this, there have been no cross-national studies on the staff who manage and …

Electoral management bodies (EMBs) perform many functions crucial to promoting electoral
integrity, from registering voters to resolving post-election disputes. The capacity of an EMB …