Protecting the Ballot - How First-Wave Democracies Ended Electoral Corruption

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"Mares . . . makes use of extensive research to demonstrate that reforms to eliminate corruption were opposed by incumbent powers until political fragmentation or ‘elite split’—as in France and Germany—prolonged competition and increased electoral costs, creating incentives for cooperation."

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• Authors: Isabela Mares, Mares Isabela
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2022
• EAN: 9780691240022
• ISBN: 978-0-691-24002-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Elections & referenda, Corruption in politics, government and society, Elections and referenda / suffrage