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Free and Fair Elections – A New Database

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NOPOOR WP#8_N°7_Free and Fair Elections.pdf (955.4Kb)
Date
2016
Dewey
Processus politique
Sujet
Database; Democracy; Elections
Journal issue
Journal of Peace Research
Volume
43
Number
4
Publication date
07-2016
Article pages
608-616
Publisher
Sage journals
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343316642508
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/18068
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Author
Bishop, Sylvia
156171 CSAE
238060 Department of International Development
Hoeffler, Anke
156172 CASE
46837 Université d' Oxford [CRL]
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
The holding of elections has become universal but only about half of all elections are free and fair. Electoral malpractice not only distorts the quality of representation but has implications for political, social and economic outcomes. Existing datasets either provide information on election quality for a large number of elections but offer little detail, or they provide very detailed information for a small number of elections. Our data collection effort closes this gap by providing ten variables of election quality for all leadership elections for the period 1975–2011. We use these data to provide an assessment of elections that is closely tied to the commonly used term ‘free and fair’. We define ‘freeness’ of the election as the rules of the election and the process leading up to the election, and ‘fairness’ of the election refers to the events on the election day. Our data show that the quality of elections has declined over time. These electoral problems are mainly due to issues in the run-up to the elections. Using probit regressions we investigate the possible causes of election malpractice. Our analysis suggests that the freeness and the fairness of the elections are related to a number of variables, such as income, aid, executive constraints and the presence of election monitors, but that these variables have differential effects on freeness and fairness.

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