This paper explains election fraud historically in the case of Sweden, drawing on original data from second-instance election petitions filed in 1719–1908. These petitions reveal systematic procedural violations committed by local election officials toward the end of the Age of Liberty in the eighteenth century. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, fraud had been largely purged from Swedish elections, and most petitions instead concerned unclear regulations pertaining to suffrage and eligibility criteria. I argue that this development cannot be explained by changes in electoral rules, the degree of competitiveness, or shifts in economic development or inequality. Instead, the ebb and flow of electoral fraud in Sweden could best be unders...
This dissertation concerns the ways to detect electoral manipulation, even when we are not able to r...
How do political actors choose between different tactics of electoral manipulation, and how does the...
Electoral bribery is an ancient phenomenon, but its manifestations and pathologies can only be under...
In newly stabilizing regimes, why does the practice of elections so often depart from Dahlian (1971)...
Why is there so much alleged electoral fraud in new democracies? Most scholarship focuses on the pr...
Why is there so much alleged electoral fraud in new democracies? Most scholarship focuses on the pro...
What is the relationship between ballot reforms and electoral malpractice? This article contributes ...
First published online: 15 March 2015How and why some countries were able to make the historical tra...
Defence date: 28 June 2012Examining Board: Professor Mark Franklin (EUI Supervisor); Professor Phil...
The generally pure British Parliamentary Elections of the twentieth century stand out in stark contr...
First published online: 15 March 2015Issues about corruption and other forms of ‘bad government’ hav...
Elections ought in theory to go a long way towards making democracy ‘work’, but in many contexts, th...
Research on invalid voting has expanded over the past few years. Scholars largely agree on the most ...
Explanatory theories of electoral fraud are usually developed for new and failing democracies. Howev...
From an international comparative viewpoint, Sweden is generally regarded as a low-corruption countr...
This dissertation concerns the ways to detect electoral manipulation, even when we are not able to r...
How do political actors choose between different tactics of electoral manipulation, and how does the...
Electoral bribery is an ancient phenomenon, but its manifestations and pathologies can only be under...
In newly stabilizing regimes, why does the practice of elections so often depart from Dahlian (1971)...
Why is there so much alleged electoral fraud in new democracies? Most scholarship focuses on the pr...
Why is there so much alleged electoral fraud in new democracies? Most scholarship focuses on the pro...
What is the relationship between ballot reforms and electoral malpractice? This article contributes ...
First published online: 15 March 2015How and why some countries were able to make the historical tra...
Defence date: 28 June 2012Examining Board: Professor Mark Franklin (EUI Supervisor); Professor Phil...
The generally pure British Parliamentary Elections of the twentieth century stand out in stark contr...
First published online: 15 March 2015Issues about corruption and other forms of ‘bad government’ hav...
Elections ought in theory to go a long way towards making democracy ‘work’, but in many contexts, th...
Research on invalid voting has expanded over the past few years. Scholars largely agree on the most ...
Explanatory theories of electoral fraud are usually developed for new and failing democracies. Howev...
From an international comparative viewpoint, Sweden is generally regarded as a low-corruption countr...
This dissertation concerns the ways to detect electoral manipulation, even when we are not able to r...
How do political actors choose between different tactics of electoral manipulation, and how does the...
Electoral bribery is an ancient phenomenon, but its manifestations and pathologies can only be under...