Federalism-In-The-Making Contemporary Canadian and German Constitutionalism, National and Transnational

International monitoring of plebiscites, referenda & national elections has given a guarantee to the populations & the countries directly involved, & to the international community, that the people themselves have been able to exercise freely their right to self-determination through these processes. By focusing international attention on an internal electoral process, international monitoring may deter fraud by government, armed forces or electoral authorities. It shows international support for democracy & elections, as well as for human rights. While the international monitoring of elections does not guarantee that a dictatorship will evolve peacefully into a pluralist democracy, free & periodic elections are an essential prerequisite to the creation & maintenance of democracy, which is itself a prerequisite for the protection & promotion of human rights. The United Nations & other international organizations & groups are openly supporting the world's evolution towards democracy. This book will be of great use for those who are actively involved in international monitoring as well as for researchers in the field of democracy & human rights.McWhinney, Edward J. is the author of 'Federalism-In-The-Making Contemporary Canadian and German Constitutionalism, National and Transnational' with ISBN 9780792319757 and ISBN 0792319753.