Schaffer, Frederic Charles

The hidden costs of clean election reform - Quezon City Ateneo de Manila University Press - xviii, 243 pages : illustrations;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drawing on evidence from the Philippines as well as countries such as the United States, Venezuela, South Africa, and Taiwan, The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform investigates why citizens sometimes find themselves alienated or abruptly disenfranchised. . . . By understanding how even good-faith efforts to improve corrupt or flawed electoral practices may impede the democratic process, the book suggests new ways to help prevent future breaches of democracy. [www.ateneopress.org]

9789715505918


Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Elections -- Corrupt practices.
Voting -- United States.

JF 1083