From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade witnessed growing interest in? electoral
engineering?. Reformers have sought to achieve either greater government accountability …

This major new text by two leading authorities in the field provides a state-of-the-art
assessment of what we know about voting behaviour and the character, consequences and …

Based on an original data set of elections in Africa, this article addresses the orthodoxy of
theoretical hypotheses regarding the effects of electoral systems. While Africanists assume …

Over 90 per cent of the world's states currently select their national leaders through
multiparty elections. However, in Africa the quality of elections still varies widely, ranging …

Elections and Democracy addresses the contrast between two different views on
representative democracy. According to the first view elections are a mechanism to hold …

This paper examines contemporary dimensions of electoral politics in Nigeria against a
backdrop of historical experiences. It details issues, events and developments before, during …

In recent years, electoral processes in non-democratic settings have been analysed either
within the framework of transitology or disregarded entirely by scholars of comparative …

No subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe,
elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and …

Science Association's Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of
Democracy 2005. He serves as reviewer for a number of academic journals, book press and …

Institutions' matter'to electoral reform advocates and political scientists-both argue that
variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials and citizens behave. Change the …