Comparing Democracies: Elections and Voting in a Changing World - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1446281973 ISBN 13 : 9781446281970

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

This book provides you with a theoretical and comparative understanding of the major topics related to elections and voting behaviour. It explores important work taking place on new areas, whilst at the same time covering the key themes that you’ll encounter throughout your studies.

Edited by three leading figures in the field, the new edition brings together an impressive range of contributors and draws on a range of cases and examples from across the world. It now includes:

• New chapters on authoritarian elections and regime change, and electoral integrity
• A chapter dedicated to voting behaviour
• Increased emphasis on issues relating to the economy.

Comparing Democracies, Fourth Edition will remain a must-read for students and lecturers of elections and voting behaviour, comparative politics, parties, and democracy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Pippa Norris is Director of the Democratic Governance group in the United Nations Development Programme in New York and the Maguire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Harvard University′s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Recent books include Sacred and Secular: Politics and Religion Worldwide (with Ronald Inglehart, 2004), Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior (2004), and Driving Democratization: What Works (2006). Norris, who is a political scientist, has served as an expert consultant for many international bodies including the UN, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, International IDEA, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the UK Electoral Commission.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1446281973
• ISBN 13: 9781446281970
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 247
• Éditeur: Leduc Lawrence, Niemi Richard G., Norris Pippa
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Allemagne