Abstract
When violence affects electoral processes, the democratic function of elections is undermined. Yet despite its undoubted importance, electoral violence has only emerged as a distinct topic of scholarly study in the 21st century. This chapter considers electoral violence from several angles, first discussing the concept and how it is measured, before going on to assess the causes and consequences of the phenomenon. Further sections offer overviews of what we know about perceptions of electoral violence and measures that can be taken to reduce it. Practitioners have in many respects been ahead of academics in the analysis of electoral violence and the assessment of strategies for mitigating it, and it is hoped that this synthesis of current knowledge will be of interest to scholarly and practitioner communities alike.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Oxford Handbook of Electoral Integrity |
| Editors | Toby James, Holly Garnett |
| Publisher | Oxford Univerity Press; Oxford |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 4 Mar 2025 |
