Buchdetails
Format
Gebundene Ausgabe
Seiten
440
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Sep 5, 1996
Verlag
SAGE Publications, Inc
ISBN-10
0803958358
ISBN-13
9780803958357
Beschreibung
Elections have undergone radical changes in recent decades. Television, opinion polls, and professional campaign consultants have become transforming factors. Electoral systems have been reformed in many countries including Italy, Israel and Japan. New parties are changing the face of competition in Germany, France and Belgium and the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and Latin America have established new party systems with competitive elections. Comparing Democracies integrates and synthesizes the most recent research in the field of elections. Internationally renowned scholars write on their area of specialty.