Elections & Referenda

Offers an analytic framework to show how the process of candidate selection often limits the participation of women in various Latin American count...

A thorough assessment of how the 2008 US elections were financed and conducted

Offers an analytic framework to show how the process of candidate selection often limits the participation of women in various Latin American count...

In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history of the minjung ("common people's") movement in South Korea, Namhee Lee shows how the movement ar...

Ethnic Ironies describes the role of Latino electorates in national- and state-level politics during the 1992 elections. The book examines Latino p...

A veteran political observer's take on the critical Pat Toomey-Joe Sestak Senate race of 2010

Why, when, and how often candidates use race appeals and how the electorate responds

Why, when, and how often candidates use race appeals and how the electorate responds

New Hampshire is the subject of Palmer's book precisely because it serves as the first presidential primary every four years. Many critics of the N...

Since the elections of 1987, the Political Studies Association of Ireland has published books on each Irish general election. This latest volume co...

This pioneering analysis uses the results from the first ever Irish election study to provide a comprehensive survey of the motives, outlook and be...

In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history of the minjung ("common people's") movement in South Korea, Namhee Lee shows how the movement ar...

Click on Democracy examines the first national election in which the Internet played a major role. The contributors argue that the Internet's most ...

American voters are increasingly aware that the mechanics of elections matter. The conduct of elections—how eligible voters make it onto the voter ...

Party affiliation has long been the driving force behind electoral politics in the United States. Despite this fact, scant attention has been devot...

This is a path-breaking study by leading scholars of comparative politics examining the internal transformations of dominant parties in both author...

Presidential campaigns are our national conversations_the widespread and complex communication of issues, images, social reality, and personas. In ...

Matthew Cleary investigates the political sources of improved government responsiveness in contemporary Mexico. He draws on existing theoretical fr...

Beyond the Barrio: Latinos in the 2004 Elections analyzes the mobilization of Latino voters at the state and national levels during the 2004 campai...

This volume conceptualizes the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies, providing empirical evidence and analysis of...