Why Elections Fail

Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. She directs the Electoral integrity project (www.electoralintegrityproject.com). Her work compares democracy and democratization, elections and public opinion, gender politics and political communications. Recent companion volumes by this award-winning author include Driving Democracy (2008), Cosmopolitan Communications (2009), Democratic Deficit (2011), Making Democratic Governance Work (2012) and Why Electoral Integrity Matters (2014). Her work has been recognized by several major international awards, including the Johan Skytte Prize, the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate and the Karl Deutsch prize.