Domestic Election Monitoring and Advocacy
An Emerging Research Agenda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12965152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Max Grömping (0000-0003-1488-4436, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 407-423 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1891-814X • E-ISSN: 1891-8131 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/18918131.2017.1401776 |
| OpenAlex | W2771967496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
Holding elections has become a global norm, even in autocracies; at the same time, there is mounting evidence to suggest that flawed or failed elections pose serious risks for political stability, legitimacy, and participation. Scholars and practitioners alike increasingly see domestic election monitoring groups to be a partial remedy to electoral malpractice. At least half of elections globally are monitored by such groups and large sums of international aid spent on them. However, scholarly research about the causes, dynamics, and consequences of domestic election monitoring and advocacy is scattered. This article sets out to present an overview of the academic literature on domestic monitoring. It discusses activities and actors, and presents empirical insights on the prevalence, accuracy, credibility and impartiality of monitors, as well as participation in monitoring, and its impacts on electoral integrity. It outlines gaps and open questions for a future research agenda. The review contributes to the practice, empirics and theory of election monitoring and links to broader scholarly inquiries about the embedding of human rights norms in national elections
Autocracy · Credibility · Democracy · Impartiality · Legitimacy · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Law · Public Administration
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Deterring or Displacing Electoral Irregularities? Spillover Effects of Observers in a Randomized Field Experiment in Ghana
Says Who? An Experiment on Allegations of Corruption and Credibility of Sources
Getting away with foul play? The importance of formal and informal oversight institutions for electoral integrity
Crowdsourcing election monitoring in the 2011–2012 Russian elections
Electoral Fraud or Violence
Watching the watcher
Election observer effects
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |