Defending Democratic Norms

Daniela Donno's groundbreaking and carefully researched new book provides evidence that the international community sometimes does take steps to enforce democratic norms and that these steps can be effective in making elections more free and fair. Donno operates at the cutting edge between comparative politics and international relations, showing how we need to take both external and internal factors into account if we are to understand why some democratization projects fail or succeed. The book should be required reading for anyone interested in evidence-based democratization efforts.

Autorentext
Daniela Donno is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; LIST OF APPENDICES ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ; CHAPTER 2: NORM ENFORCEMENT AND DEMOCRATIC CHANGE ; CHAPTER 3: ELECTORAL MISCONDUCT ; CHAPTER 4: EXPLAINING ENFORCEMENT ; CHAPTER 5: THE EFFECTS OF ENFORCEMENT ; CHAPTER 6: THE MECHANISMS OF INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE ; CHAPTER 7: THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ; CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION ; APPENDIX A ; APPENDIX B ; APPENDIX C ; REFERENCES ; NOTES ; INDEX