Introduction to Pippa Norris, ‘Do public perceptions of electoral malpractice undermine democratic satisfaction? The US in comparative perspective’
| Published date | 01 January 2019 |
| Date | 01 January 2019 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118812104 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118812104
International Political Science Review
2019, Vol. 40(1) 3 –4
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Introduction to Pippa Norris,
‘Do public perceptions of
electoral malpractice undermine
democratic satisfaction? The US in
comparative perspective’
Marian Sawer
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Theresa Reidy
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Pippa Norris received the Karl Deutsch Award at the 23rd World Congress of the International
Political Science Association in Montréal in 2014. The arguments presented in her Award Lecture
have now been developed in this compelling research article on the importance of electoral integ-
rity for satisfaction with democracy.
Karl Deutsch (1912–1992) was one of the most distinguished social scientists of the 20th century
and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale and Harvard Universities as well as
leading the International Institute of Comparative Research at the Science Centre in Berlin. The Karl
Deutsch Award honours a political scientist engaged in inter-disciplinary research and previous
recipients include Jean Laponce, Charles Tilly and Giovanni Sartori. Norris is the first woman to
receive the award. International Political Science Review instituted a research series by recipients
of the Karl Deutsch Award and has published the lectures of Alfred C. Stepan and Rein Taagepera.
As noted in the citation for her award, Pippa Norris compares elections and public opinion,
democratic institutions and cultures, gender politics and political communication in countries
worldwide. As well as publishing some 50 books, she has served as Director of Democratic
Governance at the UNDP and as an expert consultant for many international organizations includ-
ing the World Bank, UNESCO, OSCE, NDI and UN Women.
In 2012 Norris established the Electoral Integrity Project. The project is co-located at Harvard
University and the University of Sydney and monitors electoral integrity around the world. In
addition to the development of comparative measures and the collection of empirical data, the
project seeks to understand the relationship between failures of electoral integrity and loss of faith
Corresponding author:
Marian Sawer, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Email: marian.sawer@anu.edu.au
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