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Stuffing the Ballot Box: Fraud, Electoral Reform, and Democratization in Costa Rica

By Fabrice E. Lehoucq , Ivan Molina

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521810450, 9780521810456, 9780511064258
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1496520 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Pages
294\296
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Политические дисциплины;Политология;Выборы и избир

Description

This pioneering study of electoral fraud and reform focuses on Costa Rica, a country where parties gradually transformed a fraud-ridden political system into one renowned for stability and fair elections by the mid-twentieth century. Lehoucq and Molina draw upon a unique database of more than 1,300 accusations of ballot-rigging to show that, independently of social structural constraints, parties denounced fraud where electoral laws made the struggle for power more competitive. They explain how institutional arrangements generated opportunities for several executives to assemble legislative coalitions to enact far-reaching reforms.

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