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ID181014
Title ProperFraming electoral impropriety
Other Title Informationthe strategic use of allegations of wrong-doing in election campaigns
LanguageENG
AuthorBirch, Sarah ;  Toros, Emre
Summary / Abstract (Note)Concerns about electoral integrity have increasingly become the focus of political science analysis in recent years, but there has been very little systematic research on the strategic use of allegations of electoral wrong-doing for political advantage. Drawing on the literatures on legitimacy and electoral integrity, this paper develops a theoretical perspective on the strategic use of allegations of electoral impropriety for electoral ends, which, when such allegations are unjustified, constitutes a previously under-explored form of ‘meta-manipulation’. An original dataset, based on press reports from Turkey at the time of the 2014 local and June 2015 parliamentary elections, is used to test these hypotheses. The analysis shows that the governing party predominantly accused opposition parties of violent practices. The opposition parties, on the other hand, used allegations of electoral fraud and other forms of misconduct coupled with violence accusations against the governing party.
`In' analytical NoteBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 47, No.5; Dec 2020: p.794-810
Journal SourceBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Vol: 47 No 5
Key WordsElection Campaigns ;  Strategic Use ;  Framing Electoral Impropriety


 
 
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