Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections : Theory, Practice, and Implications
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
ISBN-10
1107030544
ISBN-13
9781107030541
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 18th, 2013
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 15.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Comparative politicsElections & referendaElections and referenda / suffrage
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This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Simpser shows that, in many instances, governments and parties manipulate elections not only to gain votes, but also to transmit or distort information.
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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