Elite Statecraft and Election Administration: Bending the Rules of the Game?

The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world. This book establishes why election administration might be used by political elites to win and maintain power. It identifies the role of elite interests in shaping election administration in USA, UK and Ireland.

Author: T. James
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/31/2012
Pages: 281
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780230308428

About the Author
TOBY S. JAMES is Lecturer in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia. He has published on electoral institutions and governance, political leaders and the policy process. He was previously a British Research Council Scholar in the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.