Helping America Vote - The Limits of Election Reform

Zusatztext "Helping America Vote is an excellent entry for the Controversies series. The authors' emphasis on 'the change you make depends on how you perceive the problem' is a very good one; it not only gives a focus to the book! but by itself it will be a lesson to students who read it."-Richard Niemi! University of Rochester"This is an impressive work-a valuable summary and evaluation of election reform efforts following the 2000 Presidential election! covering costs as well as intended benefits. While reporting original research! the authors have produced an accessible document that will be of use to policy makers and administrators as well as to researchers and students."-Robert Sabin Montjoy! The University of New Orleans Informationen zum Autor Martha Kropf is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. David C. Kimball is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Klappentext Helping America Vote is focused on the conflict between values of access and integrity in U.S. election administration, examining both what was included in the Help America Vote Act, and what was not. Widespread agreement that voting equipment was a problem made technology the centerpiece of the legislation, but, there is still reason to be concerned about key aspects of electronic voting, ballot design, and the politics of partisan administrators. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the conflict between values of access and integrity in US election administration, examining both what was included in the Help America Vote Act, and what was not. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Context of Election Reform 2. How Does Definition of the Problem Affect the Solution? 3. Did the Reforms Increase Accuracy? 4. At What Cost? The Unintended Consequences of Reform 5. We Mostly Eliminated the Butterfly Ballot...Isn't That Enough? 6. Defining the Problem in Human Terms: Who Implements Reform? 7. What Have Reforms Accomplished? ...

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• Authors: David C Kimball, David C. Kimball, David C. (University of Missouri-St. Louis Kimball, Martha Kropf, Martha (University of North Carolina at Charlotte Kropf, Martha E. Kropf, Martha E. Kimball Kropf, Martha E./ Kimball Kropf, Martha Kimball Kropf, Martha Kropf
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2011
• EAN: 9780415804073
• ISBN: 978-0-415-80407-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation; Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Öffentliche Verwaltung, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage