Elections & Referenda

Was the 1959 UK General Election the first television election? Could television be used to create a Party ‘image’? Television and the Political Im...

"We recommend it to you, highly. This is an important book and it is one that I think that everyone should be reading.”—Lou Dobbs“Details the immed...

The 10th edition of this classic text introduces students to political parties and their critical role in representative democracy at the local, st...

These volumes provide an essential comprehensive work of reference for the annual municipal elections that took place each November in the 83 Count...

The 10th edition of this classic text introduces students to political parties and their critical role in representative democracy at the local, st...

Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes, internet access, technica...

Voters need information about the qualities of candidates, the policies they propose and the partisan labels they wear. Does our Electoral College ...

Based on original analysis from leading experts on presidential elections, Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024 describes all of the systemat...

Based on original analysis from leading experts on presidential elections, Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024 describes all of the systemat...

Four years after unification, Germany completed what has been called the "super election year": no less than nineteen elections, culminating in t...

Voters need information about the qualities of candidates, the policies they propose and the partisan labels they wear. Does our Electoral College ...

In politics, as in so many other areas, California is unique. The state's economy - the largest in the nation, and sixth largest in the world - is ...

The election of 1896—the subject of Paul Glad's expert study—marked the emergence of new forces and new voices in American life which were to win p...

These volumes provide an essential comprehensive work of reference for the annual municipal elections that took place each November in the 83 Count...

This book reviews the research on campaigns and elections and investigates the effects of campaigning in referendums, drawing on panel survey data,...

This volume attempts to examine the many possible causes of Brexit. The conceptual 'peg' on which the volume hangs is that, irrespective of one's v...

In politics, as in so many other areas, California is unique. The state's economy - the largest in the nation, and sixth largest in the world - is ...

These volumes provide an essential comprehensive work of reference for the annual municipal elections that took place each November in the 83 Count...

Do we get the best presidential candidates to run and elect the presidents we deserve as a nation? If not, why not? Could it have something to do w...

How are the electoral procedures used in presidential nomination campaigns? Haskell provides an overview of the historical developments that led to...

Four years after unification, Germany completed what has been called the "super election year": no less than nineteen elections, culminating in t...

Austria does not often make political headlines. It has at least twice in recent years: in 1986, when the "Waldheim Affair" was debated worldwide, ...

First published in 1998. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the inaugural volume in the series “Politics and Policy in American Institutio...

This book places the 2000 presidential and congressional elections into the larger and future context of American politics. The essays in Part I fo...

In early 1944, with the outcome of World War II by no means certain, many in the United States felt that FDR, as wartime Commander-in-Chief, was an...

Two decades ago the mere notion of examining local elections in Latin America would have produced a puzzled look and a simple question: ?Why?? Elec...

Campaign 2000 applies the functional theory of political campaign discourse—analyzing how messages acclaim, attack, or defend—to several different ...

Canada's fifth effort at "mega-constitutional politics" was a period of popular discussion and leadership negotiation, that ran from the defeat in ...

Election campaigns in small and mid-sized electoral districts have been run from the grass roots from the beginning of the republic. Yard signs, do...

The "British Elections and Parties" series publishes research on parties, elections and voting behaviour in Britain, providing analyses of current ...

This volume contains contributions from some of the leading names in British politics, covering several aspects of electoral politics.

The March 2000 presidential election was an important milestone in the democratic development of Taiwan, with the Kuomintang turned out of power af...

In 1990, Nicaragua's Sandinista government was toppled in an election that every major American news organization and pollster predicted they would...

In this study of grass-roots election campaigning, the authors survey the evolution of campaigning over the past century and describe how the parti...

This book places the 2000 presidential and congressional elections into the larger and future context of American politics. The essays in Part I fo...

Volume 10 contains articles covering party membership, voting behaviour and elections, parliamentary voting, candidate selection, and campaigning o...

Referendums are playing an increasingly influential role in the process of European integration. Starting with the entry of a first wave of new Eur...

This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chron...

This study looks at the influence of ideas and think tanks in Britain, contemplating how ideas have shaped politics and society. The purveyors of i...

Containing contributions from leading names in British politics, this review continues to publish front-rank research on parties, elections and vot...

Campaign 2000 applies the functional theory of political campaign discourse—analyzing how messages acclaim, attack, or defend—to several different ...

This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chron...

The sprawling nominating process is the critical first step every four years in the election of the president. It is where the field of contenders ...

This comprehensive study of local politics in Russia shows that the key reforms of local government, and the struggle to forge viable grassroots de...

The battle for the White House following the election of November 7, 2000 was arguably one of the major media spectacles in U.S. history, comparabl...

After the Labour Party's landslide victory in 1997, the results were analyzed. Issues at the top of the agenda included party leader image, campaig...

Looking back over the past 25 years, Stanley Renshon explores how the issue of character has come to dominate presidential campaigns. Drawing on hi...