Mares, Isabela

Protecting the Ballot: How First-Wave Democracies Ended Electoral Corruption

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ISBN 13:
9780691240039
author:
Mares, Isabela
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Princeton University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2023
Pages:
264
Dimensions:
23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 centimetres (0
Genre:
Nonfiction, Politics, Government,
Condition:
New
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£28.48

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Protecting the Ballot: How First-Wave Democracies Ended Electoral Corruption Electoral reforms that limited malfeasance played a crucial role in completing the process of democratization in Europe between 1850 and 1918. This book explores how these reforms came about, examining parliamentary deliberations and roll-call votes in France, Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. Reforms limiting electoral misconduct took various forms, including harsher punishments for bribery and improved electoral secrecy to protect voters' autonomy. The presence of candidate representatives supervising electoral operations also reduced the incidence of electoral fraud. Isabela Mares sheds light on how elite splits facilitated the formation of parliamentary majorities in support of these reforms, offering an alternative to theories that emphasize economic considerations alone. By studying the successful adoption of reforms limiting electoral irregularities in first-wave democratic transitions, Protecting the Ballot provides valuable insights into the opportunities and obstacles for ending electoral wrongdoing in recent democracies.

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