| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Statement of the Research Agenda; Caribbean Overview; Why Guyana?; Rationale for Study on Observation in the Caribbean; Research Design; Structure of Research; Bibliography; Chapter 2 International Election Observation: Context and Definitions; Introduction; Election Monitoring, Election Observation: Conceptual Clarifications; The Emergence of Election Observation and Monitoring; Early Instances; Observation by the League of Nations and United Nations; Ad hoc Observation; Post-Cold War Observation in Sovereign States |
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Actors Involved in the Observation of Caribbean ElectionsThe United Nations; The Commonwealth; The Organization of American States; European Union; The Caribbean Community; NGOs; Domestic Versus International; States; Assessing Elections; Elections as Central to Democracy; Free and Fair; Other Institutional Perspectives; Measuring Free and Fair; The Conditions for and Purposes of Election Observation; Conditions; First Elections; Post-conflict; Transitional Elections; Administrative Support; Sovereignty and Power; Purposes; International and Local Legitimacy; Psychological Support; Deterrent |
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MediationDevelopment of Democratic Principles; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 The Challenges of Observation: Procedural, Legal and Logistical Issues; Introduction; Sovereignty and Related Issues; Ideal Conditions: Assessment of Existing Electoral Conditions; Invitation; Minimum Standards; Logistics; Size and Coverage; Training and Professionalism; Duration; Scope of Activities; Professionalism; Inability to Detect Fraud; Coverage; Training; Observer Guidelines and Best Practices; Neutrality; Comprehensive Reporting; Transparency; Accuracy; Reporting and Evaluation; Conclusion |
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Campaign PracticesReports of Voting as a Racial Census; External Involvement: Aid, Fiddling and Support; Problems Associated with the Administration of Elections; Election Rigging; Paramountcy; Registration/Voters' List; Violence; Bibliography; Chapter 6 Election Observation in Guyana: A Case Study of the Commonwealth Caribbean; Introduction; Observer Missions 1964-2016: An Overview; December 1964: The Will of the People or Cold War Paranoia?; 1980: Something to Remember; 1992: Genuine Change or US Construct?; 1997: Reversal of Roles; 2001: Same Song, Different Tune |
| Summary |
Examining the practice of international election observation in a Caribbean context, this work 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 |
| Bibliography |
BibliographyChapter 4 Election Observation in the Caribbean; Introduction; Politics in the Commonwealth Caribbean; Exceptions; Observation in the Caribbean; Cold War Politics; National Dynamics; Observers as a Norm; Multiple Factors; Chronology of Observation in the Caribbean; Observer Groups; The Organization of American States; The Commonwealth; The Carter Center; The European Union; Caricom; Trends and Themes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Electoral Politics in Guyana; Introduction; Special Features of Guyana's Political History; Race; Accusations and Counter Allegations |
| Notes |
2006, 2011 and 2015: Fait Accompli Observation |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Caribbean Area-Politics and government
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319590691 |
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3319590693 |
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3319590685 |
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9783319590684 |
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