How do different scholars do research on electoral integrity? How should they?

Prior to making a decision about the choice of methods (e.g. surveys, interviews…) there is a decisions about *methodology*. This involves making assumptions about the nature of the social scientific enquiry.

In this new chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Electoral Integrity I profile three rival (but sometimes overlapping) approaches which can be taken: behaviouralism, historiography and critical sociology.

I show how the approach lead to very different types of study and lesson drawing.

My argument is that recognition of different pathways would greatly benefit research and policy.

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/60845/chapter-abstract/537019157

Chapters from the book are currently working their way out ahead of full publication of the book: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/60845