The first-ever encyclopedic examination of elections and electoral concepts worldwide. Written by a distinguished international team of scholars.
Elections are of fundamental importance in countries around the world, especially as democracy continues to spread. As more and more of the world's people are winning the right to select their leaders in free and competitive elections, many elections are poorly understood by the electorate, as well as by the world at large and electoral institutions vary greatly from country to country.
The International Encyclopedia of Elections is the first and only definitive work to survey elections in independent nations and describe the varied systems and processes in clear language understandable to any interested reader. The encyclopedia will be most useful to undergraduate and graduate students, journalists, political activists, and scholars seeking information outside their specialties or their own countries.
Written in clear, concise language by 70 international scholars in the field, the volume contains more than 150 articles (from Absentee voting to Women: Enfranchisement) ranging in length from a few hundred to several thousand words. The encyclopedia covers each of the more than 170 countries that have held direct elections or national referendums in this decade.
The International Encyclopedia of Elections also features:
- Definitions of terms
- Explanations of relevance in the electoral process
- Important geographical and historical examples
- Problems and solutions in different areas of election analysis.
The alphabetical presentation of entries, plus a detailed index of the full contents point readers quickly to the information they need.
Detailed Appendix Makes Comparisons Easy
The International Encyclopedia of Elections includes a detailed appendix that gives the chief features of electoral systems in nations throughout the world. This tabular presentation allows quick answers to questions about voting, age, compulsory voting or not, ballot form, number of elected seats, type of contest (proportional, representative, or winner take all) and much more.
The International Encyclopedia of Elections will be used by students and scholars for years to come as more nations turn to democratic elections.
The International Encyclopedia of Elections is under the editorship of Professor Richard Rose of the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, a leading scholar in the study of elections and the author of many books on the subject. He is supported by an Editorial Board of election scholars who reviewed all articles for accuracy and content.
Editorial Board
Richard Rose,
Editor in Chief,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Joel Barkan,
University of Iowa
Andre Blais,
University of Montreal
Walter Dean Burnham,
University of Texas at Austin
Gary W. Cox,
University of California at San Diego
Larry Diamond,
Hoover Institution
Richard Katz,
Johns Hopkins University
Tom Mackie,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Arend Lijphart,
University of California at San Diego
Dieter Nohlen,
University of Heidelberg