Elections & Referenda

Why has the underrepresentation of women and racial minorities in elected office proved so persistent? Many researchers have asserted that the main...

For over a century, voting has been a surprisingly common political activity in China. Voting as a Rite examines Chinas experiments with elections ...

Contemporary political parties often use state resources to win elections. In this context, electoral clientelism evolved from the straightforward ...

This Brief discusses political ideologies and their role in shaping Kosovo's post-conflict political landscape. Drawing on extensive research and a...

As a field of rich theoretical development and practical application, political communication has expanded over the past fifty years. Since its dev...

Primary elections have been used for the past century for most U.S. elective offices and their popularity is growing in other nations as well. In s...

John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians an...

John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians an...

This book focuses on the more than 8,000 local elections administrators in counties, municipalities, and townships who largely manage the key admin...

An authoritative account of the second president of the United States that shows how John Adams's leadership and legacy defined the office for thos...

This book examines changes in voters' electoral choices over time and investigates how these changes are linked to a growth in electoral volatility...

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later. Because both presidents were unusual and ...

In the heyday of American labor, the influence of local unions extended far beyond the workplace. Unions were embedded in tight-knit communities, t...

If you only read one book to understand how Democrats will, and should, pick a new nomineeand the stakes of the general electionread Picking Presid...