Elections & Referenda

Two Cheers for Minority Government presents a concise, accessible analysis of the prevalence of minority governments in Canada. Using the Canadian ...

This penetrating study asks whether the actual evidence concerning alleged Russian interference in the US elections of 2016 justifies the enormous ...

This penetrating study asks whether the actual evidence concerning alleged Russian interference in the US elections of 2016 justifies the enormous ...

The Indonesian province of Timor-Leste made international news when it decided to break away from Indonesia in 1999. The decision sparked deadly ra...

Political parties are nothing without their people and candidates are essential to parties' core functions - contesting elections, filling politica...

During Brexit, political questions were continually framed in emotional terms. The referendum was presented as a conflict between reason and resent...

Swamped beneath the tide of fake news, wars on woke and social media storms lies democracy. Jo Phillips and David Seymour guide the reader through ...

Bringing together a host of distinguished scholars, Michael Nelsons The Elections of 2016 reliably delivers a nuanced analysis of yet another momen...

Despite all that scholars have learned about voting behavior, significant questions persist. Controversies in Voting Behavior brings together the b...

The 2020 elections took place under intense political polarization, uncertain economic conditions, a global pandemic, and social unrest.  Politica...

The idea of voting is simple, but the administration of elections in ways that ensure access and integrity is complex. In How We Vote, Kathleen H...

Incumbents enjoy many advantages when they seek reelection, but their distinct disadvantages (such as not fulfilling promises or staying within the...

During Brexit, political questions were continually framed in emotional terms. The referendum was presented as a conflict between reason and resent...

The 2020 election will be a decisive choice for America. Will the American people choose four more years of President Trump's focus on economic gro...

The book aims to complement the existing research on democratic innovations mainly by making unique comparative analyses of the democratic innovati...

The methodologies used to study public opinion are now in flux. The primary polling method of the last half-century, the telephone survey, is rapid...

Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers ...

In The Commander-in-Chief Test, Jeffrey A. Friedman offers a fresh explanation for why Americans are often frustrated by the cost and scope of US f...

The phenomenal growth of minority populations in the U.S. South is quickly transforming the region's politics. Most political observers see the Dem...

On 23rd June 2016 the United Kingdom shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. In this clear and concise book, Graham Taylor argues...