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Reducing Electoral Conflict


Breaking the Mold: Understanding Gender and Electoral Violence

In terms of victim types, women were most often identified as victims when associated with a public role (political party leaders, candidates or supporters made ...

Polls of fear? Electoral violence, incumbent strength, and voter ...

Moreover, I propose that in elections contested across multiple local rather than a single national voting district, the negative effect of electoral violence ...

The intergenerational impact of electoral violence on height and ...

This paper examines whether prenatal, childhood, and teenage exposure to electoral violence has any long-term effects on height and human capital in Kenya.

Electoral Violence - U.S. Department of State 2017-2021

CSO supports U.S. government interagency working groups on upcoming elections by determining key risks, identify vulnerable populations, and developing ...

Elections, Prevention of Violent Conflict and Infrastructures for Peace

Preventing Electoral Violence is Possible and Necessary. Following violent elections in Kenya (2007) and the Ivory Coast (2010), and peaceful elections in Ghana ...

How to help prevent more political violence this election cycle - NPR

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Rachel Kleinfeld, an expert on democracies and political violence, about how to avert further violence this ...

Strategies to Prevent and Manage Electoral Violence

Elections and democracy promotion have thus become central strategies to build peace in countries shattered by violent conflict. Yet experiences and recent ...

What Really Works to Prevent Election Violence? - YouTube

A USIP study of programs to prevent violence suggests focusing on improving the administration and policing of elections.

How to Cover Electoral Conflict

Journalists have covered elections similar to this, all over the world, for many years. They've agonized over their mistakes and learned from their best ...

Fighting and Voting: Violent Conflict and Electoral Politics

This paper examines whether exclusionary violence follows an electoral logic by studying the local-level incidence of violence and displacement in Kenya

PREVENTING AND MITIGATING ELECTORAL CONFLICT AND ...

It was a follow-up to previous seminars held in the Parliament over the last two years on election conflict prevention. It builds on two key publications of the ...

20 Proposals to Resolve Electoral Conflicts and Strengthen ...

Here are 20 proposals to help resolve electoral conflicts between political parties, fortify voting rights, improve trust in outcomes, strengthen democracy.

The prevention and management of election-related conflict in the ...

More specifically, the conference aimed at: • Discussing election-related conflicts in the SADC region since 1990;. • Drawing lessons of conflict management ...

Electoral Violence in Conflict-Ridden Societies: Concepts, Causes ...

This article argues for a conceptualization of electoral violence as a specific sub-category of political violence, determined mainly by its timing and target.

electoral violence | Innovations for Successful Societies

electoral violence · political party liaison committee · dispute resolution · code of conduct. Focus Area(s). Elections · Reducing Divisive Effects of ...

Preventing Electoral Violence: Lessons from the Commonwealth

Elections are fundamental to democracy as they enable citizens to participate in the political process. However, the road to free and fair ...

Causes and Consequences of Electoral Violence - GtR (ukri.org)

This project will use new detailed data to examine electoral violence in England and Wales from its peak after the Great Reform Act (1832) until it disappeared ...

Strategies Needed To Prevent Electoral Violence And Sail Through ...

Election violence remains a critical issue in many democracies and has significant adverse consequences on the election process, and political stability.

Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914

Abstract. This article analyses over 19000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral ...

Electoral Violence and Supply Chain Disruptions in Kenya's ...

Abstract. Violent conflicts, particularly at election times in Africa, are a common cause of instability and economic disruption. This paper studies how.