Elections & Referenda

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This book on the politics of electoral reform in Central Europe since 1989 explains by whom, why, and how the electoral rules were changed in Centr...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how the parties of Lega and Rassemblement National have adjusted their ideologies over a four-decade...

Over the past twenty years, the causes and consequences of post-election disputes have become one of the most compelling topics of research in poli...

From the toils of Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan emerges a twenty-first-century leader, Stacey Abrams. This Element explores the strategic org...

Through an in-depth study of the electoral process, the aim of this Element is to analyse the political transformations that occurred in Italy from...

Through an in-depth study of the electoral process, the aim of this Element is to analyse the political transformations that occurred in Italy from...

This book analyzes the roots of widespread disenchantment with American government. While blame often falls on the individuals in office, they are ...

Konflikte im Bereich Migration nehmen zu: Brennende Asylbewerberheime, Anschläge auf Migant:innen, rassistische Hassrede im Internet, ein Anwachsen...

American presidential election campaigns are supposed to inform the public about present dangers and opportunities, enabling voters to choose the c...

American presidential election campaigns are supposed to inform the public about present dangers and opportunities, enabling voters to choose the c...

This book examines the processes of transition from authoritarian rule in Tunisia and Egypt between 2011 and 2014, arguing that differences between...

Voter turnout in local elections is paradoxical. It is where government is closest to those governed and where many first become politically active...

This book examines the new anti-establishment parties electorally succeeding at the expense of their established counterparts and argues that party...

The Green New Deal is the most exciting idea in American politics for decadesand as theses powerful posters make clear, its grabbed the attention n...

It doesn't require a strong imagination to get a sense of the mayhem Trump will unleash if he loses a closely contested election. It is no less dis...

Votes at 16 weaves together arguments and evidence to present a compelling case in favour of lowering the voting age in Britain to 16. By setting o...

Votes at 16 weaves together arguments and evidence to present a compelling case in favour of lowering the voting age in Britain to 16. By setting o...

Since Donald Trump's historic ascendance to the presidency, American politics have reached a boiling point. Social and economic issues, even nation...

This book features leading scholars examining the dynamics of Turkish politics through alternative themes, including political economy and behavior...

American politics today is in an uproar: loud, angry, and bitter, bristling with us-versus-them. This is not exactly new. The history of our politi...

The edited book brings together country experts on populism, ethno-territorial politics, and party competition. It consists of twelve empirical cha...

This book mainly seeks to explain, define and update the recurring forms of populism in the 21st century. Examples used in this Introduction are li...

Historically, Donald Trump will be remembered as the first American president to be impeached twice and indicted. He fed the grotesque myth that th...

This book examines the changing dynamics of political parties in Nigeria's Fourth Republic. It is a comprehensively study of these parties' develop...

Das Buch bietet eine vergleichende Darstellung der politischen Systeme der Staaten des östlichen Europa, d.h. aller Staaten in Mittel-, Ost- und Sü...