Title: Electoral politics /
Authors: Kavanagh, Dennis.; Butler, David, 1924-
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Elections
Abstract: "Elections are universal methods of political choice and decision-making. This book offers original essays on key topics for every student of the subject." "Focusing particularly on Britain and the United States, the contributions examine the behaviour of voters, the elite and the electorate, the changing impact of the mass media, pacts, proportional representation, election systems and rules, and the policy consequences of elections." "The contributors represent a wide range of expertise and experience from both sides of the Atlantic. Together they offer a tribute to David Butler, the distinguished student of voting behaviour and election campaigning."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: David Butler and the study of elections / Dennis Kavanagh -- Political change in Britain / Anthony King -- Press partisanship : into the 1990s / Colin Seymour-Ure -- Dialogue of the deaf? The elite and the electorate in mid-century Britain / Hugh Berrington -- The natives are restless : the reporting of British by-elections / David McKie -- Expressive versus instrumental voting / Richard Rose and Ian McAllister -- Valence politics / Donald Stokes -- Electoral pacts in Britain since 1886 / Vernon Bogdanor -- The British electoral system : fixture without foundation / John Curtice -- Divided party control in the United States / Austin Ranney -- The electoral systems researcher as detective : probing Rae's suspect 'differential proposition' on list proportional representation / Arend Lijphart -- Northern Ireland, 1921-1929 : a failed consociational experiment / Cornelius O'Leary.