Publication

This practice guide on election dispute management tackles the problem of the recourse to violence in West African elections. It takes a broad view of the issues that are embedded in the problem of election dispute management. This practice guide stakes out the historical global situation in which a return to democratic governance was witnessed in a number of countries in the West African sub-region starting from the 1990s. It uses a conflict-studies approach to unravel the clusters of issues and stakeholders that are connected with election disputes.