Elections: Case Studies
Case studies offer detailed accounts of reform efforts in particular countries. They are based on in-depth interviews conducted by ISS researchers with the individuals at the center of reform initiatives, as well as informed observers and consultants. These case studies detail the challenges the reformer faced, the options considered, program design, implementation, obstacles encountered, strategies for success, and reformer reflections.
(Order reflects web posting date)
- Creating Avenues to Resolve Election Disputes: Conflict Management Committees in Zambia, 2001-2011
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Zambia
- Cooling Ethnic Conflict Over a Heated Election: Guyana, 2001-2006
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Guyana
- Toward a Second Independence: Repairing Nigeria's Electoral Commission, 2010-2011
Focus Area: Elections
Country: Nigeria
- Managing the Political and Practical: Nepal's Constituent Assembly Elections, 2006-2008
Focus Area: Elections
Country: Nepal
- Rebooting the System: Technological Reforms in Nigerian Elections, 2010-2011
Focus Area: Elections
Country: Nigeria
- A Path to Peace: Liberia's First Post-War Elections, 2004-2005
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Liberia
- Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Elections in Northern Ireland, 2005
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections, Accountable Policing
Country: Northern Ireland
- Policing Election Day: Vulnerability Mapping in India, 2006-2009
Focus Area: Elections, Accountable Policing
Country: India
- Keeping the Peace in a Tense Election, Ghana, 2008
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Ghana
- Organizing the First Post-Apartheid Election, South Africa, 1994
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: South Africa
- Managing a New Model for Elections: Lesotho, 1998-2011
Focus Area: Elections
Country: Lesotho
- Enhancing Security to Restore Credibility: Safeguarding Elections in the Philippines, 2008-2010
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections, Accountable Policing
Country: Philippines
- Implementing Standards without the Force of Law: India's Electoral Conduct Code, 1990-2001
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: India
- Nurturing Democracy in the Horn of Africa: Somaliland's First Elections, 2002-2005
Focus Area: Getting the News Out/Managing Expectations, Building a Reform Team and Staff, Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Somaliland
- Compromise and Trust-Building After Civil War: Elections Administration in Mozambique, 1994
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Mozambique
- Restoring Voters' Trust and Confidence: Albania's Central Election Commission, 2001-2006
Focus Area: Reducing Divisive Effects of Competition, Elections
Country: Albania
