Comparing Democracies
Elections and Voting in a Changing World
- Lawrence LeDuc - University of Toronto, Canada
- Richard G Niemi - University of Rochester, USA
- Pippa Norris - Harvard University, USA
Edited by three leading figures in the field, the new edition brings together an impressive range of contributors and draws on a range of cases and examples from across the world. It now includes:
- New chapters on authoritarian elections and regime change, and electoral integrity
- A chapter dedicated to voting behaviour
- Increased emphasis on issues relating to the economy.
Clearly written. It is a good option for Bachelor students wanting to know more about democratization. Good to keep it as a reference book.
Many students find it very useful as an essential reading.
Classic text on comparative politics.
A well written book detailing the challenges facing modern democracies.
Excellent text that I use for an Elections and Voting course. It deals with a lot of the issues pertinent to the course and brings experts using original data presenting the state of the art in an accessible manner. I particularly like that new editions really are new editions, that respond to new challenges facing democracy.
There are possibly a few issues that haven't been dealt with in CD4 - challenges to democracy from the economic crisis; impact of leadership on democracies (voting) and political communications (not just campaigns)
- Chapters on authoritarian elections and regime change, and electoral integrity
- A chapter dedicated to voting behaviour
- Increased emphasis on issues relating to the economy.
