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Elections and Voters
Harrop, Martin; Miller, William L.
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Description for Elections and Voters
paperback. The authors argue that it is futile to ask, What decides elections? without first considering, What do elections decide? Their book examines competitive electoral systems as well as non-competitive ones. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: G; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
The study of elections and voting patterns has been one of the fastest growing fields of political science in the past few decades. It has produced one of the most characteristic artifacts of Western political culture: the public-opinion poll. But what makes people vote the way they do—social class, race, and sex? Or more ephemeral factors, like ideology, party identifications, money and mass-media campaigns? The authors argue that it is futile to ask the question, 'What decides elections?' without first considering another: What do elections decide? Elections and Voters therefore examines competitive electoral systems: how they work, how they are ... Read more
The study of elections and voting patterns has been one of the fastest growing fields of political science in the past few decades. It has produced one of the most characteristic artifacts of Western political culture: the public-opinion poll. But what makes people vote the way they do—social class, race, and sex? Or more ephemeral factors, like ideology, party identifications, money and mass-media campaigns? The authors argue that it is futile to ask the question, 'What decides elections?' without first considering another: What do elections decide? Elections and Voters therefore examines competitive electoral systems: how they work, how they are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780941533843
SKU
V9780941533843
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99-15
About Harrop, Martin; Miller, William L.
Martin Harrop is Lecturer in Government at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, in England. William L. Miller is Edward Caird Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Reviews for Elections and Voters
Well crafted and well written, and likely to be a standard for years.
R.J. Johnson
Environment and Planning
R.J. Johnson
Environment and Planning