Comparing Democracies 2 : New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting

by LeDuc, Lawrence; Niemi, Richard; Norris, Pippa

• ISBN13: 9780761972228
• ISBN10: 0761972226
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-13
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

The first edition of Comparing Democracies was a landmark text, providing students with a thematic introduction to the global study of elections and voting. In this major new edition the world's leading international scholars have again produced an indispensable guide and up-to-date review of the whole field. Each of the chapters (the majority of which are completely new) provide a broad theoretical and comparative understanding of all the key topics associated with the elections including electoral and party systems, voter choice and turnout, campaign communications, and the new politics of direct democracy. This Second Edition will remain essential reading for students and lecturers of elections and voting behaviour, comparative politics, parties, and democracy.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Acknowledgments	x
Introduction: Comparing Democratic Elections	1	(39)
Lawrence LeDuc
Richard G. Niemi
Pippa Norris
Electoral Systems	40	(30)
Andre Blais
Louis Massicotte
Referendums and Initiatives: The Politics of Direct Democracy	70	(18)
Lawrence LeDuc
Comparing Party Systems	88	(20)
Peter Mair
Candidate Selection	108	(19)
Reuven Y. Hazan
Campaign Communications	127	(21)
Pippa Norris
The Dynamics of Electoral Participation	148	(21)
Mark N. Franklin
Voting: Choice, Conditioning, and Constraint	169	(20)
William L. Miller
Richard G. Niemi
Political Cleavages, Issues, and Electoral Change	189	(21)
Russell J. Dalton
Consolidating Democracies	210	(18)
Larry Diamond
Bibliography	228	(27)
About the Contributors	255	(3)
Author Index	258	(6)
Subject Index	264