TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptualizing and measuring free and fair elections
AU - REGALIA, MARTA
AU - Rombi, Stefano
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The quality of elections is a rapidly growing field of study. There are numerous research methods and analysis techniques to examine it. However, literature still needs to shed full light on one of the main concepts associated with this area of research. Often, scholars refer to the concept of “free and fair elections” without providing a precise definition and identifying the dimensions connected to it. This article aims to help fill this gap by proposing a theoretical and operational definition of free and fair
elections. For this purpose, the ten dimensions that make up the concept and the procedures to be followed to arrive at their measurement are described in depth. At the end of the analysis, we propose an index that measures the level of freedom and fairness of the elections.
AB - The quality of elections is a rapidly growing field of study. There are numerous research methods and analysis techniques to examine it. However, literature still needs to shed full light on one of the main concepts associated with this area of research. Often, scholars refer to the concept of “free and fair elections” without providing a precise definition and identifying the dimensions connected to it. This article aims to help fill this gap by proposing a theoretical and operational definition of free and fair
elections. For this purpose, the ten dimensions that make up the concept and the procedures to be followed to arrive at their measurement are described in depth. At the end of the analysis, we propose an index that measures the level of freedom and fairness of the elections.
KW - Free and Fair Elections, Quantitative Index, Concepts and Methods
KW - Quality of Elections
KW - Free and Fair Elections, Quantitative Index, Concepts and Methods
KW - Quality of Elections
UR - https://iris.uniupo.it/handle/11579/166243
U2 - 10.36253/qoe-14171
DO - 10.36253/qoe-14171
M3 - Article
SN - 2724-4679
JO - QOE-IJES
JF - QOE-IJES
ER -