Menus of Electoral Irregularities
Imperial German National Elections in a Comparative Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11982030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabela Mares (0000-0002-8315-9708, Yale University Political Science Department New Haven, CT 06511 USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 399-415 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geschichte und Gesellschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-613X • E-ISSN: 2196-9000 |
| Publisher | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.13109/gege.2018.44.3.399 |
| OpenAlex | W2891523325 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
In many recent democracies, candidates seek to mobilize voters using a combination of clientelistic promises and coercive strategies.How pernicious do such infringements on voters’ electoral autonomy appear if one compares national elections in Imperial Germany to elections in other recent democracies? In this contribution, I examine how the “menu of electoral irregularities” one encounters in German national elections between 1870 and 1912 differs from other first- and thirdwave democracies. Electoral coercion perpetuated by state employees or employers remained the modal type of irregularity. By contrast, electoral irregularities that are common in other third-wave democracies, such as vote-buying, patronage or violence were remarkably absent in German national elections
Autonomy · Coercion (linguistics · German · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |