Get out the vote – or else: the impact of fear of election violence on voters
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2019.1710490
Abstract: ABSTRACT Previous research has found little systematic evidence that election violence has any uniform effect on voter turnout. Nonetheless, its continued strategic use, especially by incumbent governments, suggests that many politicians believe violence somehow helps… read more here.
Keywords: violence; election violence; support; fear election ... See more keywords
Stealing an Election: Violence or Fraud?
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DOI: 10.1177/00220027221120595
Abstract: Political actors often resort to electoral violence to gain an edge over their competitors even though violence is harder to hide than fraud and more likely to delegitimize elections as a result. Existing explanations tend… read more here.
Keywords: violence; fraud; stealing election; election violence ... See more keywords
Restrained or constrained? Elections, communal conflicts, and variation in sexual violence
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DOI: 10.1177/0022343319891763
Abstract: Anecdotal evidence suggests that sexual violence varies significantly across cases of election violence and communal conflicts but systematic research is scarce. Post-election violence is particularly likely if electoral mobilization further polarizes longstanding communal conflicts and… read more here.
Keywords: violence; variation sexual; election violence; sexual violence ... See more keywords