Elections and Voters: A Comparative Introduciton

by Martin Harrop and William L. Miller

The study of elections and voting patterns has been one of the fastest growing fields of political science in the past few decades. It has produced one of the most characteristic artifacts of Western political culture: the public-opinion poll. But what makes people vote the way they do--social class, race, and sex? Or more ephemeral factors, like ideology, party identifications, money and mass-media campaigns?
The authors argue that it is futile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941533840
• ISBN13: 9780941533843
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.3"