Defending democratic norms : international actors and the politics of electoral misconduct / Daniela Donno.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- The Argument in Brief -- Implications for Democratization and Elections -- Implications for International Norms -- Definitions -- Research Design -- Plan of the Book -- 2. Norm Enforcement and Democratic Change -- The Actors, Choices, and Outcomes -- When is Enforcement Imposed? -- Tools of Enforcement -- The Effect of Enforcement on Electoral Conduct -- The Effect of Enforcement on Electoral Outcomes -- Alternative Explanations: Passive Mechanisms of International Influence -- Conclusions -- 3. Electoral Misconduct -- Studying Electoral Misconduct -- Coding Electoral Misconduct -- The Severity of Misconduct -- Can IGO Membership Deter Misconduct? -- Conclusions -- 4. Explaining Enforcement -- Coding Enforcement -- Who Enforces? -- The Consistency of Enforcement -- Who is Punished? -- Conclusions -- 5. The Effects of Enforcement -- Improving Electoral Conduct -- Electoral Outcomes -- Do Improvements in Electoral Conduct Benefit the Opposition? -- Which International Actors Are Effective? -- Are International Actors Selecting Easy Cases? -- Conclusions -- 6. The Mechanisms of International Influence -- Dominican Republic -- Serbia -- Conclusions -- 7. The Limits of International Pressure -- Armenia -- Kenya -- Cambodia -- Conclusions -- 8. Conclusion -- Summary of Findings -- Conditionality versus Diplomatic Engagement -- Indirect Mechanisms of Influence -- The Power of Regional Organizations -- Active versus Passive International Influence -- Implications for Electoral Politics -- The Complex Effects of International Norms -- Appendix A: List of Countries and Flawed Elections, 1990-2007 -- Appendix B: Coding Rules and Search Procedures -- Appendix C: Statistical Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F.

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