Elections and Voters
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Elections and Voters

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Elections and Voters

About this book

This major new text by two leading authorities in the field provides a state-of-the-art assessment of what we know about voting behaviour and the character, consequences and significance of elections in democratic states. It shows how patterns of electoral behaviour have evolved over time and vary in different countries.

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Topics 
covered 
and 
their 
causal 
priorities
Structure, 
sizes
and 
salience 
of
social 
cleavage
Number 
of 
parties
and 
their
characteristics
Structure 
of
issues 
and 
their
salience
Structure 
of
electoral
competition
Election 
outcome
(turnout 
and 
party
strengths)
Party’s 
historical
links 
to 
social
groups
Party’s 
left–
right 
location
Party’s 
issue
positions
Size 
and
character 
of
potential 
support
Extent 
of 
support
for 
each 
party
Individual’s 
social
characteristics
and 
loyalties
Individual’s
left–right
location
Individual’s
issue 
preference
Menu 
of
alternative
choices
Voter’s 
party
preferences
Voter’s 
choices 
of
parties 
to 
support
Institutional 
characteristics
and 
electoral 
arrangements
For 
each 
political 
system:
For 
each 
party:
For 
each 
potential 
voter:
Independent 
variables
Dependent 
variables
Note
: 
Effects 
of 
prior 
variables 
have 
been 
omitted

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
  6. Preface and Acknowledgements
  7. 1 Why Elections?
  8. 2 Studying Elections, Parties and Voters
  9. 3 Electoral Institutions
  10. 4 Voters and Parties
  11. 5 Outcomes of Elections
  12. 6 The Role of Public Opinion
  13. 7 Voter Orientations
  14. 8 Assessing Electoral Democracy
  15. Appendix: Use of Statistical Analysis
  16. Notes
  17. Guide to Further Reading
  18. Bibliography
  19. Author Index
  20. Subject Index