About this Book

`This excellent collection of essays provides a highly knowledgeable and

insightful overview of current knowledge in the sub-field of elections and

voting in the world's democracies. Coherent in organization and

wide-ranging in content and perspective, this is a book that should be read

by anyone interested in political science.'

- Anthony Mughan, The Ohio State University

In this major new edition the world's leading international scholars have again produced an indispensable guide and up-to-date review of the whole field. Each of the chapters (the majority of which are completely new) provide a broad theoretical and comparative understanding of all the key topics, making this essential reading for students and lecturers of elections and voting behavior, comparative politics, parties, and democracy.