Explaining and Mitigating Electoral Violence

Abstract

In recent decades, more states have begun to hold elections, but many of these events have been beset by the use of force, which undermines states’ core economic, social and political functions. The recent wave of challenges to regimes in the Middle East and elsewhere increases the importance of understanding this dimension of electoral behaviour and informing interventions designed to prevent it. Addressing electoral violence is thus an urgent social and political need among those committed to establishing fair and vibrant societies around the world. This multi-methods panel will include a series of papers that address the issue of electoral violence from different angles, both offering explanations and assessing mitigation strategies.

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