Elections and voters : a comparative introduction /
Martin Harrop and William L. Miller
- Houndmills, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c1987.
- ix, 287 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Preface. 1. Introduction. - Pt. 1. Elections: Control Versus Choice. 2. Political Control: Non-Competitive Elections. 3. Political Choice: Competitive Electoral Systems. 4. The Electoral Message: Interpreting Election Results. - Pt. II. Voters: Loyalty Versus Choice. 5. How Voters Think About Politics: Ideologies, Issues and Images. 6. Psychological, Economic and Sociological Models of Voting. 7. The Social Bases of Voting Behaviour. 8. The Responsive Voter: Short-Term Influences on Voting Behaviour. - Conclusion. 9. What Do Election Do? - Index.