Problem definition: Due to the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court ruling in 2013, Georgia was no longer required to get federal preclearance for changes to its voting processes. In response, county election administrators throughout Georgia modified their voting practices between the 2012 and...

"This collection considers the relationship between religion, state, and market. In so doing, it also illustrates that the market is a powerful site for the cultural work of secularizing religious conflict. Though expressed as a simile, with religious freedom functioning like market freedom,...

Democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are the foundations on which the European Union is based. Democracy allows citizens to make electoral choices in a public space where a plurality of views can be expressed freely and to shape laws and public policies at European, national,...

Democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are the foundations on which the European Union is based. Democracy allows citizens to make electoral choices in a public space where a plurality of views can be expressed freely and to shape laws and public policies at European, national,...

Democratic backsliding is a growing concern globally. This paper contributes to the discussion by documenting irregular patterns in 2019 general election in India and identifying whether they are due to electoral manipulation or precise control, i.e., incumbent party’s ability to precisely...