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Why governments and parties manipulate elections : theory, practice, and implications /
"Why do parties and governments cheat in elections they cannot lose? This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Alberto Simpser shows that, in many instances, elections are about more than winning. Electoral...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Political economy of institutions and decisions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Why do parties and governments cheat in elections they cannot lose? This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Alberto Simpser shows that, in many instances, elections are about more than winning. Electoral manipulation is not only a tool used to gain votes, but also a means of transmitting or distorting information. This manipulation conveys an image of strength, shaping the behavior of citizens, bureaucrats, politicians, parties, unions and businesspeople to the benefit of the manipulators, increasing the scope for the manipulators to pursue their goals while in government and mitigating future challenges to their hold on power. Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections provides a general theory about what drives electoral manipulation and empirically documents global patterns of manipulation"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107306882 1107306884 9781107314634 1107314631 9781139343824 1139343823 9781107309081 1107309085 1107301793 9781107301795 1107302897 9781107302891 1107312434 9781107312432 9781107448681 1107448689 |