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100 _aSimpser, Alberto,
_d1971-
245 _aWhy governments and parties manipulate elections :
_btheory, practice, and implications /
_cAlberto Simpser, University of Chicago.
264 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axix, 282 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 _aPolitical economy of institutions and decisions
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index.
505 _aMachine generated contents note: Preface: more than winning; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Electoral manipulation: what it is and how to measure it; 3. The puzzle of excessive and blatant manipulation; 4. More than winning: the consequences of excessive and blatant electoral manipulation; 5. The strategic logic of electoral manipulation; 6. The theory at work: evidence from case studies; 7. Indirect effects of electoral manipulation: quantitative evidence; 8. Conclusion.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
_2bisacsh
650 _aElections
_xCorrupt practices.
650 _aPolitical corruption.
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_3Publisher description
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955 _axn09 2013-04-19 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.
_brg11 2012-09-11
_crg11 2012-09-17 ONIX (telework) to GASS (GPSE)
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_exj11 2012-10-22 to Dewey
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