商品簡介
Soudriette (president, IFES--International Foundation for Election Systems) and Pilon (former vice president of programs for IFES) present eight papers that analyze foreign electoral assistance programs and their impacts around the world. In addition to papers that discuss the technical and political requirements for initiating and conducting electoral assistance programs, case studies examine recent experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, and the Ukraine. Other contributions discuss the influence of African public opinion about elections on citizen trust in political institutions and the use of electoral assistance as a component of American public diplomacy. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Edited by Richard W. Soudriette and Juliana Geran Pilon, Ph. D. Richard W. Soudriette is President of IFES (established as the International Foundation for Election Systems in 1987). Prior to joining IFES in 1988, Mr. Soudriette served as Chief of Staff for U.S. Congressman James M. Inhofe (R-OK), Country Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Paraguay and the Dominican Republic, and Chief of Staff for the mayor of Tulsa, OK. Dr. Pilon, former IFES Vice President of Programs, teaches politics and culture at the Institute of World Politics. She has written several books, including Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice (2007).
