A review of Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy by Eric C. Bjornlund.
About the Author
Jørgen Elklit is professor of political science at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has worked as a consultant on election and democratization issues in Africa, Asia, and Europe. He was a member of South Africa’s 1994 Independent Electoral Commission and Secretary to Kenya’s 2008 Commission of Inquiry.
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