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Taylor & Francis Ltd Selecting the President
Book SynopsisSelecting political leaders by popular election is an unquestioned hallmark of representative democraciesthe institutional manifestation of Lincoln's promise of a government of the people and by the people. But in 2016, Lincoln's promise seems to have given way to Hamilton's nightmarewith his worries that popular elections would produce demagogues who paid an obsequious court to the people, appealing to their passions and prejudices rather than to their reason. This book examines the commitment to the widest level of participation among the largest number of citizens in the selection of the president. It looks at two salient characteristics of our current presidential election environment that bring the wisdom of this commitment into question: the declining influence of political parties and the communication revolution in the form of the internet, social media, and cable television. Ultimately, Mezey asks whether our now fully democratized presidential selection process has in factTrade ReviewPraise for (S)electing the PresidentMichael L. Mezey’s (S)electing the President: The Perils of Democracy is a must-read for anyone interested in the current state of our presidential selection process. After the historic 2016 election, this outstanding analysis addresses the central dilemmas of American democracy today: As our electoral system becomes more democratized with increased demagoguery, is the quality of candidates and campaigns diminished? Is it possible to have good government and quality leaders?James A. Thurber, American UniversityMichael Mezey’s new book, (S)electing the President, is an important contribution to the conversation surrounding popular elections. Drawing on the writing of ancient philosophers and our nation's founders, Mezey sends a strong message: that too much democratization of the nominating process and of the media might not be so beneficial as some think. His message is ignored at our peril.L. Sandy Maisel, Colby CollegeWith clarity and insight, Michael Mezey provides students and faculty with an engaging and concise narrative and analysis of the process by which we select the president of the United States. (S)electing the President is a must-read for students taking courses in introductory American government, elections, political parties, and politics and the media who want (and need) to better understand the history of the selection process, and specifically the 2016 presidential election.Alan R. Gitelson, Loyola University ChicagoThere is a conundrum at the heart of American electoral politics: The more democratized the presidential elections become, the less likely the most qualified candidate is elected. (S)electing the President casts a critical eye at the tension between democratic appeal and governing competence – pinpointing causes, consequences, and potential reform – and pierces this conundrum. Michael Mezey’s broad historical sweep and careful contemporary analysis should be a wake-up call for anyone concerned about the dynamics and outcomes of recent presidential elections.Sarah Binder, George Washington University and The Brookings InstitutionTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Candidate Quality and the Presidential Election of 2016Chapter 2. Democracy, Representation, and ElectionsChapter 3. The Founders and Presidential SelectionChapter 4. Democratization and Political PartiesChapter 5. The Democratized Nomination ProcessChapter 6. The Democratized MediaChapter 7. Charisma, Demagoguery, Populism, and CelebrityChapter 8. Democratization and PresidentialismChapter 9. The Perils of DemocracyBibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Party Families in Western Europe
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and comparative book makes clear what party families are and, in doing so, helps categorise and make sense of parties in different countries. It describes the ideology of the families in Western Europe as well as classifying political parties accordingly. Furthermore, the book examines who the party families' supporters are in terms of their social background and political values. What role do class, education, and religion play in the 21st century?Finally, the book provides a discussion of the degree to which the concept of party families is still meaningful in the 21st century and how it needs to be studied comparatively and comprehensively. Is party family still valid as a conceptual device to classify and compare parties across countries in Western Europe?This text will be of key interest to scholars, students, and practitioners working in the field of political behaviour, political parties and party politics, policy studies, and more broadly comTable of Contents1. Introduction: Party Families and Their Voters in the 21st Century 2. Left Socialist Parties 3. Social Democratic Parties 4. Green Parties 5. Christian Democratic Parties 6. Liberal Parties 7. Conservative Parties 8. New Right Parties 9. Comparing the Party Families 10. Conclusion and Discussion: Sister Parties or Third Cousins?
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Cambridge University Press A Voting Rights Odyssey
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Cambridge University Press Elections Without Order
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Cambridge University Press The Representative of the People
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Cambridge University Press Citizens Politics and Social Communication
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Cambridge University Press The American Direct Primary
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Cambridge University Press Theory Committees and Elections
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Cambridge University Press Democracy and Decision
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Cambridge University Press Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka 48 Cambridge South Asian Studies Series Number 48
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Cambridge University Press Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality
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Cambridge University Press Elections Mass Politics and Social Change in Modern Germany
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Cambridge University Press Woman Suffrage in Australia A Gift or a Struggle Studies in Australian History
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Cambridge University Press Elections in the French Revolution
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Cambridge University Press Citizens Politics and Social Communication
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Cambridge University Press Political Communications
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Cambridge University Press Political Communications
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Cambridge University Press Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality
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Cambridge University Press The British Electorate 19631992 A Compendium of Data from the British Election Studies
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Cambridge University Press The Legislative Legacy of Congressional Campaigns
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Cambridge University Press Electoral Engineering
Book SynopsisThe book illustrates that formal rules do matter, with the social cleavages and partisan identities of voters, and the diversity and behavior of elected representatives, shaped by the incentives generated by majoritarian, combined, and proportional electoral systems.Trade Review'This is a welcome contribution to the debate on how electoral systems shape political strategies. It should be read by all students of electoral systems, not only because it is well researched and well written, but also because it brings attention to the lesser known systems of preferential voting…'. Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics'… this is a book rich in its insights and detailed research findings'. The British Journal of Politics and International RelationsTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Do rules matter?; 2. Classifying electoral systems; 3. Evaluating electoral systems; Part II. The Consequences for Voting Behavior: 4. Party systems; 5. Social cleavages; 6. Party loyalties; 7. Turnout; Part III. The Consequences for Political Representation: 8. Women; 9. Ethnic minorities; 10. Constituency service; Part IV. Conclusions: 11. The impact of electoral engineering.
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Cambridge University Press The American Ballot Box in the MidNineteenth Century
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Cambridge University Press Native Vote
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Cambridge University Press The Macro Polity
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia
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Cambridge University Press The Macro Polity
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Cambridge University Press Making Votes Count
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Cambridge University Press Democracy and Decision
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Cambridge University Press Making Votes Count Strategic Coordination in the Worlds Electoral Systems Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Book SynopsisPopular elections are at the heart of representative democracy. Thus, understanding the laws and practices that govern such elections is essential to understanding modern democracy. In this book, Cox views electoral laws as posing a variety of coordination problems that political forces must solve. Coordination problems - and with them the necessity of negotiating withdrawals, strategic voting, and other species of strategic coordination - arise in all electoral systems. This book employs a unified game-theoretic model to study strategic coordination worldwide and that relies primarily on constituency-level rather than national aggregate data in testing theoretical propositions about the effects of electoral laws. This book also considers not just what happens when political forces succeed in solving the coordination problems inherent in the electoral system they face but also what happens when they fail.Trade Review"Every serious scholar of political systems should read this book....Cox is a master when it comes to explaining ideas generated by a logic-based theory....this book is a very important contribution to our knowledge about electoral systems. It will be the major book in this area for some time to come." Melvin Hinch, American Political Science Review"...this is a great book, a must for all those interested in the study of elections. Cox powerfully demonstrates the fruitfulness of looking at the impact of electoral systems from the perspective of formal theory, provided this is combined with solid empirical analysis." André Blais, Canadian Journal of Political Science"This book is a unique contribution to the fields of comparative politics and formal political theory. It offers a model integrating many diverse aspects of electoral competition that together bring into existence systems of national poltical parties. Gary Cox combines social choice theory, public choice theory, spatial theory, and the institutional approach to electoral studies to reach a new level of understanding of political competition in democracies. Gary Cox's new book is not only a theoretical study, but also a useful reference on comparative electoral institutions. ...the suthor also draws attention to such often overlooked institutions as rules of candidate nomination and party registration." Olga Shvetsova, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of tables and figures; Series editor's preface; Preface; PART I. INTRODUCTION: 1. Introduction; 2. Duverger's propositions; PART II. STRATEGIC VOTING: 3. On electoral systems; 4. Strategic voting in single-member single-ballot systems; 5. Strategic voting in multimember districts; 6. Strategic voting in single-member dual-ballot systems; 7. Some concluding comments on strategic voting, PART III. STRATEGIC ENTRY: 8. Strategic voting, party labels and entry; 9. Rational entry and the conservation of disproportionality: evidence from Japan; PART IV. ELECTORAL COORDINATION AT THe SYSTEM LEVEL: 10. Putting the constituencies together; 11. Electoral institutions, cleavage structures and the number of parties; PART V. COORDINATION FAILURES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PERFORMANCE: 12. Coordination failures and representation; 13. Coordination failures and dominant parties; 14. Coordination failures and realignments; PART VI. CONCLUSION; 15. Conclusion; Appendices; References; Subject index; Author index.
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Cambridge University Press Passages to Power
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Cambridge University Press How Voters Decide
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Cambridge University Press A Unified Theory of Voting
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Cambridge University Press Evaluating Campaign Quality
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Cambridge University Press Passion and Preferences William Jennings Bryan and the 1896 Democratic Convention
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Cambridge University Press Voting for Policy Not Parties How Voters Compensate for Power Sharing Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press Democracy in Divided Societies
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Cambridge University Press Democracy in Divided Societies Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management Theories of Institutional Design
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Cambridge University Press A Voting Rights Odyssey
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Cambridge University Press Elections without Order
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Cambridge University Press Electoral Engineering
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Cambridge University Press Native Vote
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Cambridge University Press How Voters Decide
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Cambridge University Press Evaluating Campaign Quality Can the Electoral Process be Improved Communication Society and Politics
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Cambridge University Press Elections in the French Revolution
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Cambridge University Press Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy
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Cambridge University Press Voter Backlash and Elite Misperception
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