Monitoring Democracy: When International Election Observation Works, and Why It Often Fails

by David Kelley and Judith Green Kelley

Book Overview

In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. But when more organizations join the practice without uniform standards, are assessments reliable? When politicians nonetheless cheat and monitors must return to countries even after two decades of engagement, what is accomplished? Monitoring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691152772
• ISBN13: 9780691152776
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"