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How to rig an election, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas

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How to rig an election, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

How to rig an election

Responsibility statement

Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas

Summary

In this engaging and provocative book, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas expose the limitations of national elections as a means of promoting democratization, and reveal the six essential strategies that dictators use to undermine the electoral process in order to guarantee victory for themselves

Table Of Contents

Introduction: How do you solve a problem like elections? -- Invisible rigging: How to steal an election without getting caught -- Buying hearts and minds: The art of electoral bribery -- Divide and rule: Violence as a political strategy -- Hack the election: Fake news and the digital frontier -- Ballot-box stuffing: The last resort -- Potemkin elections: How to fool the West -- Conclusion: How to stop election rigging

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