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Juneja, Prathm. Artificial Intelligence for Electoral Management. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.31752/idea.2024.31.

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As artificial intelligence (AI), including its potential role in influencing elections, has become an increasingly important topic, electoral management bodies have to develop plans to respond to and, in some cases, use AI to maintain free, fair and secure elections. AI is a rapidly evolving category of technologies that are largely unregulated, and very little research has been conducted so far concerning its potential impact on elections. This Report is aimed at supporting electoral management bodies and other relevant parties in developing a broad understanding of the opportunities, challen

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Ouedraogo, Idrissa, and Rasmané Ouedraogo. Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa: Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women. International Monetary Fund, 2019.

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Ouedraogo, Idrissa, and Rasmané Ouedraogo. Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa: Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women. International Monetary Fund, 2019.

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Ouedraogo, Idrissa, and Rasmané Ouedraogo. Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa: Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women. International Monetary Fund, 2019.

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Foley, Edward B. Presidential Elections and Majority Rule: The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College. Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2021.

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Presidential Elections and Majority Rule: The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College. Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2020.

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Arzheimer, Kai. Explaining Electoral Support for the Radical Right. Edited by Jens Rydgren. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274559.013.8.

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The literature on the radical right’s electorate offers a plethora of potential explanations as to why people vote for the radical right. This chapter organizes the presumptive causes of right-wing voting along the lines of the familiar micro-meso-macro scheme, focusing both on a number of landmark studies and on some of the latest research. In doing so, it weighs the evidence in favor of and against some prominent hypotheses about the conditions for radical right party success, including the pure-protest hypothesis, the charismatic-leader hypothesis, and the silent-counterrevolution hypothesi

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Crisp, Brian F., Patrick Cunha Silva, Santiago Olivella, and Guillermo Rosas. Electoral System Incentives for Interparty and Intraparty Politics. Oxford University PressOxford, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198956587.001.0001.

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Abstract Electoral systems are sets of formal rules that create incentives for strategic behavior on the part of voters, (pre-) candidates, party elites, and elected representatives. When combining the values taken by component rules into a system, the number of possible combinations is quite large, meaning that specific systems have the potential to provide precise, targeted incentives that govern relationships between political parties and within parties’ intraparty politics. Using novel computational tools and a comprehensive and updated dataset on electoral systems, this book develops prec

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Hicks, William D., and Daniel A. Smith. State Campaigns and Elections. Edited by Donald P. Haider-Markel. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199579679.013.004.

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This chapter examines the literature on state campaigns and elections. Throughout the chapter the authors focus on a central question that frequently animates the study of campaigns and elections in the American states: do political institutions enhance or stymie voter turnout and electoral competition? They begin by considering studies that examine how electoral laws in general may affect voter turnout, electoral competition, and party and candidate strategies. They then assess whether more stringent campaign contribution limits and clean election laws might provide a greater incentive for po

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Golder, Sona N., Ignacio Lago, André Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Thomas Gschwend. Mobilization in Multi-Level Systems. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198791539.003.0004.

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Existing accounts of multi-level elections focus on voters rather than on political parties, but the multi-level arrangement also affects party strategies. Party elites base their voter mobilization strategies in part on the features of each electoral arena, and make decisions about how to allocate their resources across these arenas accordingly. Small parties, in particular, focus their mobilization efforts on electoral arenas in which the electoral rules are more permissive, so that the parties have a better chance of winning seats. This chapter shows that larger or more nationalized parties

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Aditya, Sondhi. Part III Constituting Democracy, Ch.12 Elections. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198704898.003.0012.

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This chapter examines India’s constitutional framework and its mechanisms that govern and control the electoral process, especially those that go beyond the domain of election law and raise a host of constitutional issues. Before discussing these mechanisms, their operation, and the extent to which they are justifiable, the chapter provides an overview of the right to vote and how it is treated in the Indian Constitution as a fundamental right. It then considers the Election Commission and its duties and functions, and proceeds by outlining the three levels by which elections are regulated in

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Gallagher, Michael. 10. Elections and referendums. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198737421.003.0012.

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This chapter focuses on the two main opportunities that people have to vote in most societies: elections and referendums. Elections are held to fill seats in parliaments or to choose a president, whereas referendums allow citizens to decide directly on some issue of policy. Elections are the cornerstone of representative democracy, and referendums are sometimes regarded as the equivalent of ‘direct democracy’. In practice, referendums are used only as an option in systems of representative democracy. The chapter first provides an overview of elections and electoral systems, focusing on elector

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Norris, Pippa, and Alessandro Nai, eds. Election Watchdogs. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190677800.001.0001.

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Recent years have seen resurgent interest in the potential capacity of transparency—the public availability of information—to improve democratic governance. Timely, accurate, granular, and freely available information is generally regarded as intrinsically valuable, as well as having many instrumental benefits. In development, transparency and accountability are generally thought to help plug the leaky pipes of corruption and inefficiency, channel public spending more efficiently, and produce better services. In the field of electoral governance, openness about the rules and procedures, outcom

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Karakoç, Ekrem. A Theory of Redistribution in New Democracies. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198826927.003.0002.

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This chapter starts with the question of why new democracies have such difficulty generating income equality. It argues that low voter turnout and weak party system institutionalization motivate governments to increase targeted spending toward the nonpoor. The governments, mostly coalitions, are motivated through their social policies to appeal to likely voters, both the loyal and potential electorate. If parties can increase turnout by mobilizing the poor, this will reduce their need to use targeted social policies toward likely voters for electoral purposes. Targeted social spending causes i

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Guerrero, Alexander. Lottocracy. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198856368.001.0001.

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Abstract Democracy is in trouble. But there is disagreement about what is going wrong and what we should do about it. Lottocracy argues that, perhaps surprisingly, the problem is with the heart of modern democracy: the election. Elections are failing as accountability mechanisms. Elections provide powerful short-term incentives, leading elected politicians to downplay long-term catastrophic concerns. Elections create divisions where none need exist. The most powerful among us take advantage of this to control who is elected, what policies are enacted, and which problems are ignored. Policy com

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Vanka, Nandi, Avery Davis-Roberts, and David Carroll. Transparency. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190934163.003.0008.

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Chapter 8 focuses on issues of transparency, particularly how far U.S. states allow nonpartisan observers to scrutinize the electoral process and results. This is a common practice abroad, where United Nations standards have strengthened the role and rights of international election observers, but it remains a relatively obscure activity at home, with a patchwork of regulations for access across America. The study concludes that rules across the 50 U.S. states regulating processes of electoral observation are relatively limited and ambiguous, GOP states are often more restrictive than Democrat

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Huckfeldt, Robert. Taking Interdependence Seriously. Edited by Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.013.012.

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Networks of communication among interdependent citizens constitute the connecting tissue between citizens and electorates, revealing an electoral whole that is different from the sum of its citizen parts. These communication networks, in turn, reflect the social contexts within which an actor is imbedded, thereby bridging the micro-macro divide in our understanding of electoral politics. Belonging to a group and developing corresponding political loyalties is not simply a matter of individual characteristics and circumstance. Rather, it is a matter of being connected to the group through netwo

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Blaxill, Luke. Elections. Edited by David Brown, Gordon Pentland, and Robert Crowcroft. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198714897.013.24.

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This chapter evaluates the two principal methodologies adopted in studying elections over the past 200 years. The first prominently features ‘psephological’ analyses of aggregate voting data and social cleavages; the second is the revisionist ‘linguistic’ approach, which emphasizes the careful reconstruction and exploration of electoral languages and discourses, often in a specific locality. This chapter argues that, while both approaches have undoubtedly yielded considerable benefits, what was once a large field of scholarly endeavour has been split in two, with the empirical, quantitative tr

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Becker Castellaro, Sebastian, Mariana Carvalho, Alberto Fernandez Gibaja, et al. Artificial Intelligence and Information Integrity: Latin American experiences. Policy Paper No. 34, 2025. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and Fundação Getulio Vargas—Comunicação, 2025. https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2025.39.

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This policy paper examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on information integrity in electoral contexts across Latin America. Drawing on case studies from Brazil’s and Mexico’s 2024 elections, it analyses how AI tools are used to create, curate and moderate political content online, with particular attention to their effects on marginalized groups such as women, Indigenous communities and LGBTQIA+ individuals. While the use of generative AI in elections remains limited, its potential to undermine democratic discourse and amplify harmful content demands urgent attention. To protect

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Horder, Jeremy. Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192844545.001.0001.

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Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation is about the state’s approach to fraud and distortion of the truth in politics, especially during election campaigns. Deliberate mischaracterization of political opponents and their policies has always been a part of politics; however, lying, dishonesty, and distortion of the facts remain morally wrong and have the potential to obstruct important political interests. For example, a false or misleading claim publicized about an election candidate may lead someone to lose an election that they might otherwise have won. So, does—and should—the law seek t

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Gatto, Malu A. C. Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America. Oxford University PressOxford, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198935346.001.0001.

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Abstract Politicians want to stay in power. Because winners attain office under a given set of electoral rules, any change to these rules is puzzling. When electoral reform does take place, it is expected that changes will better serve those already in power. Perhaps more than any other type of electoral rule, gender quotas are explicit about who is set to win and lose from their adoption. As positive discrimination in favor of women, gender quotas limit the space for men, the clear majority of incumbents. Despite this, gender quotas are now present in every region of the world. But how has th

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White, Samuel W. Fragile Alliances. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400653438.

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How did the alliance between labor and the Democratic Party develop after the First World War? What role does Evansville play in an examination of this alliance? What was the impact of the alliance on U.S politics and society? These are some of the questions that Samuel W. White tackles in his book Fragile Alliances: Labor and Politics in Evansville, Indiana, 1919-1955. Focusing on Evansville, Indiana, as a case study, White challenges traditional assumptions in the field, such as the following: labor has one political voice; labor is monolithic in electoral politics; the New Deal successfully

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Rahat, Gideon, and Ofer Kenig. Indicators of Political Personalization. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198808008.003.0007.

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Ten indicators of political personalization, covering all of its types and subtypes, are presented in this chapter. The analysis starts with the institutional personalization of both governmental (electoral systems and executives) and nongovernmental institutions (leadership selection and candidate selection in political parties). It then turns to indicators of media personalization, of both the uncontrolled (news coverage of politics) and the controlled type (unmediated messages). Finally, the chapter looks at indicators of personalization in the behavior of politicians (legislators’ behavior

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Miller, Henry. Petitioning and Demonstrating. Edited by David Brown, Gordon Pentland, and Robert Crowcroft. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198714897.013.14.

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Despite being the most popular and accessible form of political activity among ordinary people, petitioning has received remarkably little attention from modern British historians. This chapter focuses on what gains in understanding such attention might yield. First, the historical study of petitions and demonstrations underlines the fact that popular politics was not always coterminous with party or electoral politics. Second, petitions provide a way to break down the barriers between high and low or elite and popular politics and offer a lens through which to study the transnational and impe

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Pearlman, Nathaniel G., ed. Margin of Victory. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400682773.

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This book illuminates modern political technology, examining important technologies, companies, and people; putting recent innovations into historical context; and describing the possible future uses of technology in electoral politics. Despite a decade of political technology's celebrated triumphs—such as online fundraising of the presidential campaigns of McCain in 2000, Dean in 2003, and Obama in 2008; or the web-enabled, socially networked campaign of Obama 2008—the field of e-politics is still at an unsolidified stage. Margin of Victory: How Technologists Help Politicians Win Elections of

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Golder, Sona N., Ignacio Lago, André Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Thomas Gschwend. Strategic and Sincere Voting in Multi-Level Systems. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198791539.003.0006.

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This chapter develops and tests hypotheses about the implications of different kinds of strategic behaviour on the part of voters at the individual, regional, and party levels. Whereas some voters try to avoid wasting their vote on unviable parties, others deviate from their preferred small party to make it more likely that the more preferred of the large parties can assume the prime ministership in a potential government. Some voters deviate from their most preferred party in order to balance the overall direction of policies by having ideologically different governments at different levels o

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Thomas, G. Scott. Counting the Votes. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400632631.

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This easy-to-use handbook presents a fascinating and fresh take on American presidential elections and makes a wide range of statistics available to serious researchers and political fanatics alike. Counting the Votes: A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections isn't your typical history book about presidential elections. Nor is it like most statistical analyses of election results. What this unusual book does offer is an array of innovative statistics—campaign score (CS), potential index (PI), return on potential (ROP), and equalized vote totals (EV*EQ), among others—that provides

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Chhibber, Pradeep K., and Rahul Verma. The BJP and an Ideological Consolidation of the Right? Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190623876.003.0011.

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To the surprise of many, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) singlehandedly won a majority in the national elections of 2014. Since then the party which, once had two seats in parliament, has come to govern 21 states in India. How did the BJP become so successful? The BJP is now the principal carrier of conservatism in India. This was not the case at independence. The ideological roots of the BJP lie in the idea of Hindu majoritarianism. Over the years the BJP succeeded in accommodating conservative elements not only from the Congress but also from other right-wing parties. Its electoral success

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Rosenblatt, Fernando. Chile. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190870041.003.0004.

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This chapter analyzes the major Chilean political parties: PSCh, DC, RN, UDI, and PPD. Chile has had stable parties for an extended period, and some of its parties have had long trajectories. Since the 2000s, the country has witnessed a process of party decay. The UDI is the only party where, at the time of fieldwork, all causal factors were observed, and it was also the only vibrant party. The chapter highlights the waning effect of Trauma, shows the potential trade-off between Trauma and Channels of Ambition, and illustrates the deleterious effect of the absence of Purpose for the reproducti

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Capussela, Andrea Lorenzo. The Formation of the Republican Institutions. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796992.003.0006.

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This chapter reviews the evolution of Italy’s social order and institutions between the end of Fascism, in 1943, and the early 1950s. The peninsula was a battlefield for two years, during 1943–5. War and resistance shook Italy’s social order, and the post-war years saw the emergence of a democratic republic based on a progressive constitution. Reconstruction was rapid, and laid the basis for the country’s full industrialization. The ideological cleavage traced by Marxism, however, which split the anti-fascist coalition, and the political repercussions of the Cold War eased the efforts of the p

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Russell, Annelise. Tweeting is Leading. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197582268.001.0001.

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Social media is changing the business of representation and lawmaker reputation building, and this book uses the US Senate to illustrate the constituent-driven nature of political communication. I offer a critical analysis of senators’ communication on Twitter, the forces that shape it, and the agendas that result. Senators strategically communicate a political image that reflects their unique political persona. They have to decide what they want to be known for, crafting communications that prioritize legislation, constituent service, and party politics in ways that meet the interests of thei

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Taylor, Brian D. Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University PressNew York, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780197516027.001.0001.

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Abstract This book provides a concise and accessible overview that places Russia in a global context while explaining its internal political development. Russian politics is powerfully shaped by large, impersonal forces such as geography and Russia’s place in the international political and economic system. At the same time, its formal political institutions, such as its constitution and electoral procedures, are relatively weak and manipulable compared to those of stable, established democracies. Under these circumstances, powerful leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimi

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Gallagher, Julie A. Strides Forward in Times of Crisis in the 1930s and 1940s. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252036965.003.0003.

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This chapter explores the strides African American women made in government work and electoral politics during the Great Depression and World War II. While the economic crisis wreaked havoc on Harlem, it also created the space for college-educated women to find employment in the city's New Deal agencies. In addition to gaining useful experience, these women now had access to potentially influential arenas from which to pursue their ideas about economic fairness, human rights, and civil equality. Yet other women turned to electoral politics during the 1930s and 1940s, and by the time the econom

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Norris, Pippa, Thomas Wynter, and Sarah Cameron. Lessons for the Reform Agenda. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190934163.003.0011.

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Chapter 11 draws together the major conclusions from each of the chapters and considers their implications for the policy reform agenda. The consequences of electoral malpractice can be grave. Failures generate contentious elections characterized by lengthy court challenges, opposition boycotts, and public demonstrations. Major flaws weaken the legitimacy and credibility of elections, and thus corrode the foundation of liberal democracy. The chapter advocates four practical steps designed to improve the quality of American contests: improving the independence and professionalism of electoral a

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Aslanidis, Paris. Populism and Social Movements. Edited by Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Paul Taggart, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, and Pierre Ostiguy. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198803560.013.23.

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Populism is usually treated as an exclusively top-down affair where political party leaders mobilize diverse constituencies to reap electoral benefits. This perspective discounts a rich universe of bottom-up populist mobilization that remains exogenous to strict electoral contestation, thus unreasonably constraining the empirical study of the phenomenon. This chapter draws from social movement studies and social psychology to examine populist social movements under a comprehensive theoretical framework, aiming to bring together theorists of populism with scholars of social mobilization and enc

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Online Political Advertising and Microtargeting: The Latest Legal, Ethical, Political and Technological Evolutions. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31752/idea.2020.65.

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Electoral campaigns are central to influencing how people vote and can also affect people’s perception of the legitimacy of a country’s elections and democracy in general. Today, political parties and other stakeholders are increasingly use new online techniques in electoral campaigns. Many countries struggle with applying regulatory frameworks on elections to the online sphere, especially as regards online political advertising and microtargeting. This Event Report provides an overview of the issues at stake and recommendations from two roundtables on online political advertising and microtar

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Arnaudo, Dan. Brazil. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190931407.003.0007.

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Computational propaganda can take the form of automated accounts (bots) spreading information, algorithmic manipulation, and fake news to shape public opinion, among other methods. These techniques are being used in combination with the analysis and usage of large data sets of information about citizens held by corporations and governments. This form of propaganda is spreading to countries all over the world, most notably during the 2016 US presidential elections and the run-up to the UK’s referendum to leave the European Union (Brexit). This chapter examines the use of computational propagand

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di Leonardo, Micaela. Black Radio/Black Resistance. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190870195.001.0001.

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Black Radio is a window into the most famous radio show you never heard of. The Tom Joyner Morning Show is a quarter-century-old syndicated black morning radio show reaching more than eight million adult, largely working-class listeners. It offers progressive political talk, soul music, humor, advice, philanthropy, and celebrity gossip. But the TJMS is not just an adult “old-school music” radio show: it is an on-air organizer, fusing progressive politics and aesthetics. It focuses on specific political issues affecting and enraging African Americans. Black Radio analyzes the TJMS’s rise in the

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Jiménez, Luis F. Migrants and Political Change in Latin America. University Press of Florida, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683400370.001.0001.

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In Migrants and Political Change in Latin America, Luis Jiménez looks at how migrants are changing the politics of their country of origin. It argues that migrants can do this in three distinct ways: through social remittances, economic remittances, and the presence of return migrants. In the first case, they can alter political outcomes in their country of origin as they channel ideas that are different than those present at home. In the second case, they can influence how their compatriots, who never left, behave in an indirect manner through the channeling of resources. This is because weal

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The Global State of Democracy 2024: Strengthening the Legitimacy of Elections in a Time of Radical Uncertainty. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.31752/idea.2024.55.

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The 2024 elections super-cycle year falls fittingly into an era of radical uncertainty, with candidates and political parties using potentially transformational policy agendas to court nearly 3 billion voters. In most cases, the inherent (and healthy) uncertainty of elections sparks the kind of debate that drives democracy forward. In other contexts, however, it can motivate more hostile disputes and unrest. Democracy continued its recent decline in 2023, with notable challenges emerging with regard to Representation and Rights. Assessing each country’s various areas of improvement and deterio

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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Paul W. Thurner, eds. Understanding Policy Reversals and Policy Stability. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198747031.003.0002.

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This chapter discusses structural, institutional, and situational factors that exercise influence on nuclear energy policy decisions. It reviews the respective literatures and introduces the dependent variable, i.e. nuclear energy policy reversals. Building in particular on the work of Kitschelt (1986) and Midttun and Rucht (1994), the chapter then discusses the explanatory variables that potentially drive such changes: anti-nuclear movements, public opinion, the systems’ electoral and federal openness, political parties’ vote-seeking, principled ideological goals, or office-seeking, new polic

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Ferdinand, Peter. 9. Votes, Elections, Legislatures, and Legislators. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198704386.003.0010.

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This chapter examines some of the central issues associated with voting and electoral systems, along with the functions of legislatures. It begins by discussing the two paradoxes of voting. First, the huge number of citizens in any modern state means that no individual's vote is likely to make the difference between two or more choices, making it potentially ‘irrational’ for any individual to bother to vote at all. Yet votes make democracy possible. The second voting paradox concerns the difficulty of relying upon votes to determine the objective preferences of the public. The chapter proceeds

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Penney, Joel. The Citizen Marketer. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190658052.001.0001.

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From hashtag activism to the flood of political memes on social media, the landscape of political communication is being transformed by the grassroots circulation of opinion on digital platforms and beyond. The Citizen Marketer offers a new framework for understanding this phenomenon by exploring how everyday people assist in the promotion of political media messages in hopes of persuading their peers and shaping the public mind. The analysis is grounded in the firsthand testimony of citizens who have engaged in popular activities such as changing their profile picture to a protest symbol, twe

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Warner, Benjamin R., Dianne G. Bystrom, Mitchell S. McKinney, and Mary C. Banwart, eds. An Unprecedented Election. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216030904.

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Written by leading scholars in the field of political communication, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of the campaign communication that characterized the unprecedented 2016 presidential campaign. The political events leading up to election day on November 8, 2016, involved unprecedented events in U.S. history: Hillary Clinton was the first female to be nominated by a major party, and she was favored to win the highest seat in the nation. Donald Trump, arguably one of the most unconventional and most-unlikely-to-succeed candidates in U.S. history, became the leading candidate agai

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Carlson, Taylor N., Marisa Abrajano, and Lisa García Bedolla. Talking Politics. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190082116.001.0001.

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Individuals arrive at meaning through conversation. Scholars have long explored political conversations in the United States, and the vast majority of this research suggests that political discussion has important effects on political attitudes and engagement. However, much of this research relies on samples of White respondents, making it potentially difficult to generalize these findings to our increasingly diverse electorate. In this book, we seek to understand how political discussion networks vary across groups who have vastly different social positions in the United States, specifically

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Fisher, Patrick. Insufficient Representation. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666998948.

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Not Enough Representation: The Disconnect between Congress and Its Citizens examines how representative the United States Congress is among different demographic groups and how representational issues affect Americans’ perception of Congress, potentially threatening its legitimacy. The opening chapter analyzes political representation from the perspective of the nature of the relationship between voters and legislators, addressing why Congress is so demographically unrepresentative. The book will then focuses on outcome—the representativeness of the legislature in terms of its members’ demogra

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