Comparing Democracies

Reflecting recent developments in the field, this timely new edition gives an indispensable state-of-the art review of the whole field from the world′s leading international scholars. With a completely new thematic introduction which explores how democracy is built and sustained, thoroughly updated chapters (many of which are also new) , the Third Edition provides a theoretical and comparative understanding of the major topics related to elections and introduces important work on key new areas.