Overview
- Considers the role of democracy assistance and international election observation in the Caribbean
- Explores why Caribbean countries accept the imposition of observation within the context of sovereignty
- Holds wide readership appeal for students, academics, policy-makers, and practitioners in the fields of democracy, democracy assistance, elections, election observation, and governance
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Election Observation in the Caribbean
- international election observation
- election observation in Guyana
- role of regional and international organizations in democracy
- nongovernmental organizations
- democracy assistance
- external actors
- Electoral Politics
- electoral authorities
- democracy
- latin american politics
About this book
This book examines the practice of international election observation in a Caribbean context. It presents a survey of the Commonwealth Caribbean perspective and a concise case study of Guyana between 1964 and 2015. This research traces the roots of election observation and how this practice became integrated into the landscape of Caribbean electoral politics. More specifically, the study examines the process by which election observers have become key actors in elections in the Commonwealth Caribbean. One of the issues the book contemplates is why Caribbean countries accept the imposition of observation within the context of sovereignty. The case of Guyana and other Anglophone Caribbean states shows the costs of not having observers have been multidimensional and have eclipsed concerns of respecting state sovereignty.
Reviews
“Elections in the anglophone Caribbean can be vigorously contested and democracy sullied by electoral infractions. In certain places, such as Guyana where electoral and ethnic competition intertwine, the lack of credible electoral observation can be a costly omission. Observing elections is therefore key to delivering democracy. Within these pages Dr. Li
sa Vasciannie demonstrates that, in order to uphold democracy, principles of national sovereignty must be subsumed to the prerequisites of electoral observation. This thoroughly researched work deserves to be on the bookshelf of anyone who is concerned about democracy in the Caribbean.” (Bayney Karran, Ambassador of Guyana to China)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Election Observation in the Commonwealth Caribbean
Book Subtitle: Race, Aid and Democratization
Authors: Lisa Ann Vasciannie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59069-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59068-4Published: 25 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86541-6Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59069-1Published: 15 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 224
Topics: Electoral Politics, Democracy, Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, Regionalism, International Organization