Elections and referenda / suffrage

African State and Society in the 1990s is the first comprehensive English language book to appear on Cameroon's political events since 1989.

This book focuses on the trials and tribulations of Albania's efforts to create a democratic political order.

Using a combination of existing and original research, this new text provides a simple explanation for the low turnout in American elections: rather than creating an environment conducive to participation, the institutional arrangements that govern structure participation, representation, and actual governance in the United States create an environment that discourages widespread participation.

America's Choice 2000 attempts to make sense of the longest running, most fiercely contested and, ultimately, closest race in the history of presidential elections.

This book offers a closer examination of how Americans think and feel about their government.

This single volume work examines whether class political divisions have increased or decreased over time in America.

How did Costa Rica become Central America's first successful democracy?

In Direct Democracy or Representative Government?

Party polarization in the House of Representatives has increased recently.

Academic studies of elections are not in the business of predicting outcomes.

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

This book covers the 1997 elections in Ireland, providing an in-depth analysis of both the campaign and the election results.

In the 2000 national elections, $100 million was spent on campaign polling alone.

This volume focuses on the relationship between the tasks of institutional design and the outcomes of the process of economic and political liberalization in Latin America and in Central and Eastern Europe.

The year 1996 in Italian politics was a year rich in novelty.

Money in the House provides a compelling look at how the drive to raise campaign money has come to dominate congressional party politics.

The role of money in the US electoral process has become more and more controversial in recent years.

Most African states experienced only a few fleeting years of democratic rule after independence before succumbing to authoritarianism.

Tremendous transformation marks the last three decades of American politics, and nowhere has this change been as distinctive and penetrating as in the American South.

Who was the first African-American senator?

The Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority makes sense of the last half century of American presidential elections as part of a transition from a world in which realignment was still possible to a dealigned political universe.

Remote and Controlled examines the issue of widespread cynicism in an era of abundant information, asking whether it is possible to consume a steady diet of mainstream media and still understand and respect the political process.

Despite the early prospects for bipartisan unity on terrorism initiatives, government gridlock continues on most major issues in the wake of the 2004 elections.

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

The vivid portratal of the "e;Velvet Revolution"e; describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslavakia.

Students of American government are faced with an enduring dilemma: Why two parties?

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The industrial revolution was the single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, and it continues to shape the contemporary world.

Exploring the remarkable political and economic changes sweeping Southeast Asia, the authors take as their starting point the trend,albeit uneven,toward democratization.

Do Democrats have greater difficulty maintaining party unity than Republicans?

Are celebrity politics the spice of American public life or a pox on policy progress?

Are celebrity politics the spice of American public life or a pox on policy progress?

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shari?

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shari?

First published in 1998, Britain Votes 6 contains a comprehensive record of the 1997 general election based on the official returns.

First published in 1998, Britain Votes 6 contains a comprehensive record of the 1997 general election based on the official returns.

For nearly 200 years, Americans have pinned the democratic character of their system on elections.

For nearly 200 years, Americans have pinned the democratic character of their system on elections.

This book offers novel insights into the way in which people talk about politics across various countries.

This book offers novel insights into the way in which people talk about politics across various countries.

First published in 1983.

First published in 1983.

First published in 1998, this is the second of two volumes which will be of great value to scholars and students of politics in East and Southeast Asia.

First published in 1998, this is the second of two volumes which will be of great value to scholars and students of politics in East and Southeast Asia.

In the parliamentary system of government, manifestos constitute and represent an important aspect of the democratic electoral politics as statements of a party's ideology, response and policy.

In the parliamentary system of government, manifestos constitute and represent an important aspect of the democratic electoral politics as statements of a party's ideology, response and policy.

First published in 1983.

First published in 1983.

First published in 1997, this edition of The American Political Process examines both the formal and informal institutions of government and analyses how these bodies interact I the making of public policy in the United States in order to provide an understanding of contemporary American politics.

First published in 1997, this edition of The American Political Process examines both the formal and informal institutions of government and analyses how these bodies interact I the making of public policy in the United States in order to provide an understanding of contemporary American politics.