Electoral Management Design: Electoral Management Design

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International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), Dec 20, 2014 - Political Science - 480 pages

This Handbook was developed for electoral administrators and those involved in reforming EMBs. It provides comparative experience of and best practices on EMB structures and funding models, as well as means for evaluating performance.

A range of case studies illustrate examples from specific contexts in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Haiti, India, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Republic of Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

This new and revised edition of the 2006 International IDEA Handbook includes updated country-level data and case studies and significantly expanded sections on the role of gender, professional development and technology in elections.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Who Organizes Elections?
5
The Context for an EMBs Role and Powers
43
The Powers Functions and Responsibilities of an EMB
73
The Composition Roles and Functioning of
107
The Development of Professional Electoral Management
177
Operational Training
187
The Financing of EMBs
207
EMB Financial Control Measures
217
Assessing
274
EMB Sustainability
313
EMB Networks
343
Reforming Electoral Processes
365
Annexes
374
Electoral Management Glossary
396
References and Further Reading
409
About the Authors
426

Stakeholder
229
Electoral
257
Acknowledgements
434
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About the author (2014)

Founded in 1995, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. The Institute is the only intergovernmental organization with a global mandate solely focused on democracy and elections, and is committed to be a global agenda-setter in the democracy-building field. With 33 Member States from all continents, International IDEA supports the development of stronger democratic institutions and processes; and fosters sustainable, effective and legitimate democracy through the provision of comparative knowledge resources, dialogues and partnerships at the global, regional and country levels.

Bibliographic information

TitleElectoral Management Design: Electoral Management Design
Handbook series, ISSN 1402-6759
AuthorInternational IDEA
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherInternational Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), 2014
ISBN9187729660, 9789187729669
Length480 pages
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Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
  
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