Elite Statecraft and Election Administration [electronic resource] : Bending the Rules of the Game? /
James, T.author.
The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might be used by political elites to win and maintain power. It identifies the role of elite interests in shaping election administration in USA, UK and Ireland.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Election administration and electoral studies: theories, frameworks and anomalies -- Election administration : a tool for political statecraft? -- The statecraft approach: bringing political elites back in -- "Stopping the vote": election administration in the USA -- "Modernising elections": election administration in Britain -- "Our silly aul pencils": election administration in Ireland -- Agendas, systems and processes: elite strategy and election -- Administration in comparative perspective -- Conclusions and lessons for theorists and constitutional designers.
The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might be used by political elites to win and maintain power. It identifies the role of elite interests in shaping election administration in USA, UK and Ireland.
Elections.
Political sociology.
Comparative politics.
Public policy.
Political science.
Electoral Politics.
Political Sociology.
Comparative Politics.
Public Policy.
Political Science.