This book integrates spatial and behavioral perspectives-in a word, those of the Rochester
and Michigan schools-into a unified theory of voter choice and party strategy. The theory …

This book provides a systematic comparative analysis of how and why voting behaviour has
changed in Europe in recent decades. It has been widely argued that radical changes have …

This comprehensive textbook outlines and illuminates the main theories of political parties
and party systems. Applying these theoretical approaches to British party politics, Moshe …

This book provides a comprehensive account of the nature of Liberal Democrat electoral
politics in contemporary Britain, and explores the specific challenges facing the Liberal …

Most analyses of voting behavior in the United Kingdom treat the electorate as so many
atomized individuals whose decisions are made apart from any social context. With few …

With rare exceptions, spatial models of candidate strategies under plurality rule have
analyzed single-stage plurality elections. In this paper, we explore whether the two-stage …

This short piece is about applying quantitative modelling to a dispute about the importance
of area effects in understanding voting behaviour in the UK. In particular it uses multilevel …

First of all, my greatest gratitude must go to my supervisor Professor Kuan Hsin-chi. Despite
his heavy workload and hectic schedule, he is willing to discuss with me whenever I …

In the introduction the question is asked: why, in Serbia, both enormous electoral volatility
and widespread party identification are registered simultaneously. The problem is that …