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oa ONDEMOCRATISCHE VERKIEZINGEN?
Legitimiteit, fraude en wantrouwen in de democratie
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: De Moderne Tijd, Volume 1, Issue 3-4, Jan 2017, p. 345 - 357
Abstract
UNDEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS?
Legitimacy, fraud and mistrust in democracy
Even if elections are a contested aspect of democracy, the free and fair elections of political representatives play a pivotal role in the legitimation of political power. Election fraud was, and still is, a main threat to this form of democratic legitimacy. But even in countries with low levels of fraud and corruption, electoral democracy is undermined by a growing mistrust of representative institutions and their capacity to serve the interest of the people.
© Ido de Haan