Stuffing the Ballot Box : Fraud, Electoral Reform, and Democratization in Costa Rica (Hardcover)

List of tables and figures; Preface; Introduction; 1. Electoral fraud during indirect and public elections, 1901?12; 2. Institutional change, electoral cycles, and partisanship, 1910?14; 3. Electoral fraud during the public ballot, 1913?23; 4. Institutional change, electoral cycles, and partisanship, 1924?8; 5. Electoral fraud during the secret ballot, 1925?48; 6. Political polarization, electoral reform, and civil war, 1946?9; Conclusion: ballot-rigging and electoral reform in comparative perspective; Index.