Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : challenges of electoral integrity / Pippa Norris -- A ssessing elections / Avery Davies-Roberts and David J. Carroll -- Metho ds and evidence / Pippa Norris, Jrgen Elklit and Andrew Reynolds -- Exp ert judgments / Ferran Martinez i Coma and Richard W. Frank -- Election monitoring / Ursula Daxecker and Gerald Schneider -- Constitutions and election management / Svitlana Chernykh, Zachary Elkins, James Melton and Tom Ginsburg -- Electoral management in Central America / Antonio U gues, Jr -- Election management in Britain / Toby S. James -- Investing in electoral management / Alistair Clark -- EMB performance and Africa n perceptions of electoral integrity / Nicholas N. Kerr -- Electoral in tegrity and democratic legitimacy in Africa / Robert Mattes -- Electora l trust in Latin America / Arturo Maldonado and Mitchell Seligson -- Am erican attitudes towards election fraud / Thad E. Hall and Charles Stew art -- Lessons from the ground : what have we learnt? what do we do nex t? roundtable discussion with Eric Bjornlund, David Carroll, Staffan Da rnolf, Annette Fath-Lihic, Aleida Ferreyra, Betilde Munoz-Pogossian, Pi ppa Norris, and Chad Vickery.