Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Helle, Svein-Erik"

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Defining the playing field: A framework for analysing fairness in access to resources, media and the law

Helle, Svein-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)

The playing field is a concept often used to describe level of fairness in electoral competition. With Levitsky and Way’s definition of the playing field as a case in point, this paper takes a critical look at existing ...
Living in a material world: political funding in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Helle, Svein-Erik (Master thesis, 2011-05-27)

This thesis investigates the role of political funding in two electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The issue of political funding has been investigated thoroughly in developed democracies in the West, but ...
Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime

Helle, Svein-Erik (Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-15)

If you are running as an opposition candidate in an election in a non-democratic regime, you know that you are running against a candidate who has better access to the state than you. As a result, you are likely to have ...