Elections: A Very Short Introduction

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L. Sandy Maisel (Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus, Colby College) Jennifer A. Yoder (Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Colby College)

Elections

A Very Short Introduction

L. Sandy Maisel (Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus, Colby College), Jennifer A. Yoder (Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Colby College)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 August 2024

Political science & theory; Elections & referenda; Political campaigning & advertising

Series: VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS

Most citizens know how elections work in their own country, but not all elections are created equally. Elections occur in all democracies and many non-democratic regimes as well. They determine who will hold public office and who will have the power to govern. They connect citizens to those whom they choose to make decisions on their behalf and who regulate their behavior. This book looks comparatively at the key aspects of elections. In addition to describing types of electoral systems, it discusses the implications of the various systems for the administration of elections, voter participation, representation, government stability, and other factors. Where appropriate, it examines efforts to reform a nation's (or a sub-national entity's) system, exploring the impetus for reform and the effects of those reforms when implemented.

Elections: A Very Short Introduction asks readers to view election systems critically and comparatively, to understand that all democracies do not function in the same way, to think about the reasons their system functions as it does-for good or ill-and to consider alternatives with which they might not previously have been familiar. L. Sandy Maisel and Jennifer A. Yoder lay out the variety of electoral systems in the broadest terms- single-member district plurality systems; proportional systems; and mixed systems. They discuss voting and the various electoral institutions used to implement the ways in which voting occurs and how votes are tabulated across electoral systems. They analyze the consequences of each system, first for the functioning of the democracy, and second for the electoral strategies politicians employ, closing with a discussion of reforms under consideration in a number of countries.

By: L. Sandy Maisel (Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus Colby College), Jennifer A. Yoder (Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies, Colby College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 111mm,
ISBN: 9780197645758
ISBN 10: 0197645755
Series: VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

L. Sandy Maisel is Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government Emeritus at Colby College. He is the author of American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction and editor, with Jeffery M. Berry of The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups. Jennifer A. Yoder is the Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies at Colby College. She is the author of From East Germans to Germans? The New Post-Communist Elite and Crafting Democracy: Regional Politics in Post-Communist Europe.