Tag: Pippa Norris
Why corruption and coercion flourish in flawed elections
Electoral malpractice – from subtle disinformation campaigns through to bribery, corruption and overt physical intimidation – undermine democratic contests across the world. A new report by Pippa Norris, Thomas Wynter and Sarah Cameron from the Electoral Integrity Project, which adds 44 election evaluations from 2017 to its rolling survey of elections, finds that electoral corruption and coercion are related to one another, and more prevalent in societies that are poorer, less democratic, and heavily dependent on natural resources.
Can the young save democracy from the grip of neoliberalism and populism?
Populism is not just a symptom of older people’s nostalgia for traditional values, writes Henrik P Bang. It is a rejection of a global neoliberal creed that pits individuals against each other. The hard-won social capital and notions of fairness that older generations prize have been replaced by a race for success in which human relationships exist […]
It’s even worse than North Carolina: American elections rank last among all Western democracies
In recent weeks, the claim that North Carolina could no longer be classified as a democracy has sparked significant debate. Pippa Norris, director of the Electoral Integrity Project, explains how perceptions of electoral integrity in 50 US states and worldwide were assessed by political scientists. She also presents independent evidence from V-Dem which confirms EIP’s claim that, […]
The UK scores worst in electoral integrity in Western Europe. Here’s why:
The UK performs poorly when it comes to issues of electoral integrity, lagging behind European neighbours but does particularly poorly when compared with Scandinavia – which as is the case in many fields outperforms Britain. Here, Pippa Norris looks at the reasons why, pointing to voter registration procedures, electoral laws, media coverage, constituency boundaries, and the […]
Lessons for the UK in electoral integrity
When do elections meet international standards of electoral integrity? What happens when elections fail to do so? And what can be done to mitigate these problems? The Electoral Integrity Project aims to answer these questions, and in this post, the project’s director Pippa Norris maps out the integrity of elections across the world over the past two years. Similar […]
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