Three Outcomes of Contentious Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12693191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard W Frank (0000-0003-4382-1039, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1144-1163 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2486 • E-ISSN: 1521-9488 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/isr/viaa078 |
| OpenAlex | W3094125641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 63 |
Elections are contentious by design, but contentious election outcomes—from democratic backsliding to widespread protests and violence—occur regularly and represent significant challenges to both domestic and international stability. This review essay explores three specific outcomes of contentious elections (i.e., failed democratization, democracy protests, and election violence) using three recent, influential books on these topics. It highlights several, overlapping causal mechanisms, including those focusing on structural characteristics, actor behavior, and election cycle dynamics. It also explores four cross-cutting themes (i.e., democratization, electoral history, structural constraints, and money in politics), as well as three areas for future research (i.e., overlooked actors, election integrity, and international factors)
Contentious politics · Democracy · Democratization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Law
Crude Democracy
Democracy and Elections in Africa
The Self-Restraining State
Politics in Time
Resource Abundance and Economic Development
Transnational Protest and Global Activism
Does Aid Promote Electoral Integrity
The Credibility Challenge
Varieties of Democracy
Electing Peace
Electoral Protest and Democracy in the Developing World
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Why Elections Fail
The Logic of Political Survival
Competitive Authoritarianism
Voting in the Shadow of Violence
Vote choice and legacies of violence
United Nations Peacekeeping in Timor-Leste
Gender difference in support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Russian Spring’ or ‘Spring Betrayal’? The Media as a Mirror of Putin’s Evolving Strategy in Ukraine
Food Riots and Protest
Democracy and dictatorship revisited
The Transformation of the Western State
Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections
Votes and Violence
Myanmar in 2018
Democracy in crisis? The declining support for national democracy in E uropean countries, 2007–2011
Post-conflict elections and the process of demilitarizing politics
Committing to Peace
Dictators and Democrats
Third-Party Actors and the Success of Democracy
Elections, Protest, and Alternation of Power
Coalitions of Contention
Beliefs About Democracy and Satisfaction with Democratic Government
Which Elections Can Be Lost
On Democratic Backsliding
Time to Kill
Cues to Coup Plotters
Digital dilemmas
A third wave of autocratization is here
De-democratization in Hungary
Electoral violence prevention
Electoral Governance Matters
Unwelcome Change
Political Finance in Comparative Perspective
When Do Governments Resort to Election Violence
The Live Animal Export Controversy in Australia
Violence and Democracy
The War at Home
Hashtags Functions in the Protests Across Brazil
The effects of the electoral calendar on terrorist attacks
Electoral Violence in Conflict-Ridden Societies
Electoral violence
Electoral contention and violence (Ecav)
The Butterfly Did It
The Political Violence Cycle
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |