Lawrence Leduc, Richard G. Niemi, Pippa Norris

Comparing Democracies (eBook, ePUB)

Elections and Voting in a Changing World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Taking a global, comparative look at voting and elections, this Fourth Edition has new chapters on authoritarian elections and regime change, electoral integrity, and voting behaviour

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473905085
• Artikelnr.: 41010149

Autorenporträt

Lawrence LeDuc is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. Richard G. Niemi is Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Democracy and Autocracy
Electoral Institutions and Representation
Parties and Party Systems
Citizenship and Participation
Election Campaigns
The Political Representation of Women and Minorities
The Elusive Economic Vote
Voting Behavior: Choice and Context
Electoral Integrity and Political Legitimacy
Authoritarian Elections and Regime Change
Conclusion: Why Elections Matter

Rezensionen

Compared to its predecessors, the fourth edition of Comparing Democracies is entirely different and yet it is much the same. It is much the same because it offers again a superb collection of chapters dealing with democratic institutions and processes in a changing and multifaceted political world. And it is entirely different because the focus of the collections has been altered to include measurement issues of democracy; a growing emphasis of the profession on the context of the vote, and on the manner in which elections are conducted. As a consequence of that, all chapters but one are entirely new or substantially revised. The group of contributors, while largely different from previous editions, is again outstanding. It introduces some of the most important new work on those issues to the broader community of scholars interested in elections and democracy. For all these reasons, Comparing Democracies will remain a must-read for students and lecturers of elections and voting behaviour, comparative politics, parties, and democracy. Professor Hermann Schmitt