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Electoral Rights in Europe: Advances and Challenges - Routledge Studies in Elections, Democracy and Autocracy 1st edition
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Electoral Rights in Europe: Advances and Challenges - Routledge Studies in Elections, Democracy and Autocracy
From the perspective of a number of different social science disciplines, this book explores the ways in which the election of politicians can be made more fair and credible by adopting a human rights approach to elections. It discusses existing international standards for the conduct of elections and presents case studies relating to jurisdictions within Europe, especially those emerging from conflict or from an authoritarian past, which demonstrate how problems occur and can be addressed.
Significant advances have been achieved through the Council of Europe?s soft and hard law frameworks but the book demonstrates that much more needs to be done to ensure that these and other standards are fully adhered to and developed. This collection offers a fresh examination of electoral rights and practices ? and their impact on the quality of democracy ? by superimposing a human rights perspective on existing election theories derived from the literatures of law, political science and international relations.
This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of electoral democracy and human rights, as well as those working in the areas of comparative politics and European politics.
228 pages, 9 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Tables, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and w
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 30, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138203914 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 252 |
| Dimensions | 240 × 161 × 21 mm · 524 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Dickson, Brice |
| Editor | Hardman, Helen (University of Glasgow, UK.) |
