The Electoral Integrity Project collaborated with International IDEA to publish a special report on “Review of the 2024 Super-Cycle Year of Elections: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities”. I edited report alongside Holly Ann Garnett and Erik Asplund. It included chapters from myself, Vasil Vashchanka, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, Julia Thalin, Ingrid Bicu, Sonali Campion, Erik Asplund, Madeline Harty…Read more Electoral Integrity-IDEA report on ‘Review of the 2024 Super-Cycle Year of Elections’ calls for global action
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Electoral Reform: Democratic Principles and Global Practice
Election quality varies enormously around the world. Given concerns about global democratic backsliding, the issue of how to improve and protect election quality is a pressing policy problem. Passing reforms to improve the quality of elections, however, has often proved difficult to achieve. Incumbent governments may be reluctant to reform the rules which brought them…Read more Electoral Reform: Democratic Principles and Global Practice
An alternative to rational choice theory (and constructivism)
Rational choice theory has been the go-to theory for scholars of elections for many years. It sees voters, parties and other actors as rational, self-interested actors. They are involved in cost-benefit calculations to maximise their 'utility' (usually votes or the policies they want). It could be said that the theory is a bit like Marmite. Some love it,…Read more An alternative to rational choice theory (and constructivism)
Toby S. James 