This article discusses how electoral irregularities contributed to democratic backsliding in
Venezuela under chavista rule (1999-2019). It draws from an original database of electoral …

Electoral disinformation is feared to variously undermine democratic trust by inflaming
incorrect negative beliefs about the fairness of elections, or to shore up dictators by creating …

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 …

Over 90 per cent of the world's states currently select their national leaders through
multiparty elections. However, in Africa the quality of elections still varies widely, ranging …

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe the world has witnessed a rising tide of contentious elections
ending in heated partisan debates, court challenges, street protests, and legitimacy …

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 …

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 …

elections, voting behavior and public opinion are arguably among the most prominent and
intensively researched sub-fields within political science. it is an evolving sub-field, in terms …

This contribution adds a new perspective to the debate on electoral integrity by asking how
electoral integrity affects the way in which election results translate into citizen attitudes …

Expert surveys have been used to measure a wide variety of phenomena in political
science, ranging from party positions, to corruption, to the quality of democracy and …