From Open Secrets to Secret Voting - Democratic Electoral Reforms and Voter Autonomy

This book presents an account of the adoption of electoral reforms democratizing electoral practices in nineteenth century European countries.

Table des matières

1. Introduction; 2. The protection of voters' autonomy; 3. Electoral intimidation by state employees; 4. Electoral intimidation by private actors; 5. The production of irregularities at times of elections: a quantitative analysis; 6. The adoption of electoral reforms; 7. Labor scarcity, rural inequality, and electoral reforms: the determinants for electoral reform of the Prussian electoral system; 8. Voting for opposition candidates: economic concentration, skills, and political support for social democracy; 9. Dilemmas on the right and the road to proportional representation; 10. From macro- to micro-historical analysis in comparative research.

A propos de l'auteur

Isabela Mares is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She has conducted research on comparative democratization and electoral reform, comparative political economy, and comparative social policy. She is the author of The Politics of Social Risk (Cambridge University Press, 2003), which won the Gregory Luebbert Award of the American Political Science Association for best book in comparative politics, and of Taxation, Wage Bargaining and Unemployment (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Résumé

How were reforms that aimed to reduce electoral intimidation adopted? This book provides a micro-historical analysis of the adoption of reforms protecting voter autonomy. It shows that changes in district-level economic and political conditions led to the formation of an encompassing political coalition supporting these electoral reforms.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Isabela Mares, Isabela (Columbia University Mares, Mares Isabela
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 17.06.2015
• EAN: 9781107495296
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49529-6
• Pages: 286
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Constitution: government & the state, Elections and referenda / suffrage