Isbn: 9781041084464 - explaining and predicting elections: issue effects and party strategies in twenty-three democracies (routledge revivals) (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. Ian Budge is a political scientist who has pioneered the use of quantitative methods to study party democracy across countries. Currently Emeritus Professor of the Department of Government, University of Essex, he has been Professor at the Europea.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1983, Explaining and Predicting Elections is the first cross-national and comprehensive explanation of election results. It considers why one election differs from another and attempts to account for party gains and losses in the elections which have taken place in twenty-three democracies in the post-war period. Budge and Farlie base their study on a radically new view of party behaviour-Parties not arguing or debating over the same issues but 'talking past each other'. Their book shows why it is in the parties' interest to do this, how parties might improve their appeal, and how electors react in a broadly 'rational' manner by supporting one party alternative rather than another. The discussion also considers important topics-for example whether electors are abandoning old partisan loyalties and becoming more volatile.…