TY - BOOK ID - 137274406 TI - Promoting Democracy in Fragile States : Insights from a Field Experiment in Liberia. AU - Mvukiyehe, Eric AU - Samii, Cyrus PY - 2015 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Access to information KW - Accounting KW - Allegiance KW - Anarchy KW - Attrition KW - Ballot box KW - Banking KW - Candidates KW - Channels of communication KW - Citizen access KW - Civic education KW - Civics KW - Civil society KW - Collective action KW - Committees KW - Community members KW - Constituencies KW - Constituent KW - Constituents KW - Crises KW - Democracies KW - Democracy KW - Development economics KW - Dictatorial regimes KW - E-Government KW - Economic conditions KW - Economics KW - Educational attainment KW - Effects KW - Election KW - Election outcome KW - Elections KW - Electoral choices KW - Electoral information KW - Electoral participation KW - Electoral systems KW - Factions KW - Forms of participation KW - Free press KW - Freedom KW - Freedoms KW - Governance KW - Government KW - Governments KW - Incentives KW - Income KW - Information KW - Innovations KW - International peace KW - Labor policies KW - Law KW - Liberty KW - Literacy rates KW - Loyalty KW - Mobile phone KW - Monitoring KW - Monopolies KW - Motivation KW - Nation KW - National elections KW - Ordinary citizens KW - Organizations KW - Outcomes KW - Parliamentary government KW - Participants KW - Participation KW - Participation variables KW - Party members KW - Patronage KW - Peace KW - Pluralism KW - Policies KW - Policy issues KW - Political authority KW - Political behavior KW - Political change KW - Political culture KW - Political democracy KW - Political discussion KW - Political economy KW - Political information KW - Political landscape KW - Political leaders KW - Political participation KW - Political pluralism KW - Political rights KW - Political science KW - Politicians KW - Politics KW - Politics and government KW - Queen KW - Representatives KW - Rights KW - Security KW - Social protections and labor KW - Terrorism KW - Theory KW - Training KW - United Nations KW - Value KW - Vote choice KW - Voter participation KW - Voter turnout KW - Voting KW - Voting rights UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137274406 AB - A field experiment in rural Liberia is used to study democratic participation in fragile states. Fragile states are marked by political fragmentation, local patronage systems, and voter vulnerability. To understand the effects of such conditions on democratic expression through elections, the experiment introduced new forms of interaction between rural citizens and third-party actors: (i) civic education and town hall workshops directed by non-governmental organizations in communities over nine months and (ii) security committees that brought rural community representatives into monthly exchange with United Nations peacekeepers. Civic education workshops increased enthusiasm for electoral participation, produced a coordinated shift from parochial to national candidates, and increased willingness to report on manipulation. A program combining the two interactions had similar effects. The security committees had negligible effects. Barriers to political information and voter coordination appear to be important but resolvable problems for elections in fragile states. ER -