The Integrity of Elections in Asia

Policy Lessons from Expert Evaluations

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ID6040976
AutoresMax Grömping (0000-0003-1488-4436, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas527-547
Data de publicação2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12416
OpenAlexW2890201156
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas33

There is an evolving debate about how to strengthen elections in Asia, amidst widespread concerns about electoral malpractice in the region. While contests in some countries match or surpass international standards of electoral integrity, there are deep‐seated problems of violence and conflict, corruption and clientelism, or vote rigging and fraud in others. This review of policy practice draws on the Perceptions of Electoral Integrity expert survey (PEI Release 6.0) to map the state of electoral integrity in Asia and to draw lessons for public policy. The empirics rely on the assessment of 535 experts who evaluated 47 elections in 27 countries in South, Southeast, Northeast, and Central Asia between July 2012 and December 2017. The review identifies three cross‐cutting challenges for electoral integrity in Asia. Policymakers and other stakeholders should (i) curb incumbent advantage enshrined in electoral laws regulating candidate registration and voting district boundaries; (ii) introduce regulation of political finance in order to reduce the influence of money in elections; and (iii) increase the transparency of the electoral process by encouraging nonpartisan domestic election monitoring and advocacy

Clientelism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Language change · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Transparency (behavior · Voting · Corruption and Economic Development · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Finance