How to rig an election / Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: v, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300204438
- 324.6/6 23
- JF1083 .C54 2018
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-298) and index.
Introduction : how do you solve a problem like elections? -- Invisible rigging : how to steal an election without getting caught -- Buying hearts and minds : the art of electoral bribery -- Divide and rule : violence as a political strategy -- Hack the election : fake news and the digital frontier -- Ballot-box stuffing : the last resort -- Potemkin elections : how to fool the West -- Conclusion : how to stop election rigging.
In this book, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas expose the limitations of national elections as a means of promoting democratization, and reveal the six essential strategies that dictators use to undermine the electoral process in order to guarantee victory for themselves.
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