Developments in Electoral Geography (Routledge Library Editions: Political Geography) -

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Editeur : Taylor & Francis Ltd

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 30/09/2016

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 288

Expédition : 456

Dimensions : 15.6 x 23.5 x 2.0

ISBN : 9781138809956

Résumé :

The essays in this collection show how electoral geography has shifted from empiricist activity towards a closer involvement with the wider issues addressed by social scientists. They illustrate the potential contributions that electoral geographers can make towards the understanding of global, national and local societies.

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Biographie:

1. Developments in Electoral Geography Part 1: The State of Electoral Geography 2. From Political Methodologyt to Geographical Social Theory? A Critical Review of Electoral Geography 1960-87 3. Whither Electoral Geography? A Critique Part 2: The Cleavage Model and Electoral Geography 4. The Electoral Geography of the Netherlands in the Era of Mass Politics, 1888-1986 5. Tradition Contra Change: The Political Geography of Irish Referenda, 1937-87 6. Volatile Stability: New Zealand's 1987 General Election 7. An Ecological Perspective on Working Class Political Behaviour: Neighbourhood and Class Formation in Sheffield 8. Lipset and Rokkan Revisited: Electoral Cleavages, Electoral Geography, and Electoral Strategy in Great Britain 9. The Cleavage Model and Electoral Geography: A Review Part 3: American Exceptionalism 10. Populism and Agrarian Ideology: The 1982 Nebraska Corporate Farming Referendum 11. Social Transformation and Changing Urban Electoral Behaviour 12. Spatial Targeting Strategies: Representation and Local Politics 13. Identical Geography, Different Party: A Natural Experiment on the Magnitude of Party Differences in the U. S. Senate 1960-1984 14. Local Voting and Social Change Part 4: Future Directions 15. Electoral Geography and the Ideology of Place: The Making of Regions in Belgian Electoral Politics 16. Regulating Union Representation Elections: Towards of Third Type of Electoral Geography 17. Extending The World of Electoral Geography

Sommaire:
Ron Johnston, Fred M. Shelley, Peter J. Taylor...