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  • Evaluating Elections

    A Handbook of Methods and Standards

    by R. Michael Alvarez, Lonna Rae Atkeson, Thad E. Hall ...
    In competitive and contested democratic elections, insuring integrity is critical. Evaluating Elections shows why systematic analysis and reporting of election performance is important and how data-driven performance management can be used by election officials to improve elections. The authors outline how performance management systems can function in elections and their benefits for voters, ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union

    Controlling Chaos

    by A. Luedtke, L. Svedin, Thad E. Hall ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Globalization and technology have altered public fears and changed expectations of how government should make people safer. This book analyzes how Europeans and Americans perceive and regulate risk. The authors show how public fears about risk are filtered through political systems to pressure governments to insure against risk. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Electronic Elections

    The Perils and Promises of Digital Democracy

    by R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall ...
    Since the 2000 presidential election, the United States has been embroiled in debates about electronic voting. Critics say the new technologies invite tampering and fraud. Advocates say they enhance the accuracy of vote counts and make casting ballots easier--and ultimately foster greater political participation. Electronic Elections cuts through the media spin to assess the advantages and risks ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Abortion Politics in Congress

    Strategic Incrementalism and Policy Change

    by Scott H. Ainsworth, Thad E. Hall ...
    This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factors (such as the ideological composition of committees and party systems) shape the development of abortion policy. Driven by both theoretical and empirical concerns, Scott H. Ainsworth and Thad E. Hall ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Election Fraud

    Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation

    Edited by Thad E. Hall, Susan D. Hyde, R. Michael Alvarez ...
    Series series Brookings Series on Election Administration and Reform
    Allegations of fraud have marred recent elections around the world, from Russia and Italy to Mexico and the United States. Such charges raise fundamental questions about the quality of democracy in each country. Yet election fraud and, more broadly, electoral manipulation remain remarkably understudied concepts. There is no consensus on what constitutes election fraud, let alone how to detect and ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

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  • The Race To The Bottom

    Why A Worldwide Worker Surplus And Uncontrolled Free Trade Are Sinking American Living Standards

    by Alan Tonelson ...
    With the end of the 1990s economic boom, The Race to the Bottom deftly explores how the United States has entered a no-win global competition in which the countries with the lowest wages, weakest workplace safety laws, and toughest repression of unions win investment from the U.S. and Europe. Tonelson analyzes how the entry of such population giants as China, India, and Mexico into the global ... Read more

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  • Winning Elections in the 21st Century

    by Dick Simpson, Betty O'Shaughnessy ...
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  • Why American Elections Are Flawed (And How to Fix Them)

    by Pippa Norris ...
    Series series Brown Democracy Medal
    The flaws in the American electoral process have become more apparent over many years. The contemporary tipping point in public awareness occurred during the 2000 election count, but several major structural weaknesses exacerbated doubts in the 2016 campaign, worsening party divisions and further corroding public trust in the electoral process.It is impossible to fix a problem without ... Read more

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  • The Limits of Party

    Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era

    by James M. Curry, Frances E. Lee ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    To many observers, Congress has become a deeply partisan institution where ideologically-distinct political parties do little more than engage in legislative trench warfare. A zero-sum, winner-take-all approach to congressional politics has replaced the bipartisan comity of past eras. If the parties cannot get everything they want in national policymaking, then they prefer gridlock and stalemate ... Read more

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  • Code Red: Computerized Election Theft And The New American Century

    Post - E2012 Edition

    by Jonathan D. Simon ...
    CODE RED is about what has happened to American elections, American politics, and America since computers took over the vote counting just a few short years ago. It identifies red flags and offers accessible examinations of why those flags are red. It is a disturbing and provocative call to action. It is about saving our democracy and our country. Now, before it's all gone. Free and fair elections ... Read more

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  • The Lag of 21St Century Democratic Elections: in the African Union Member States

    by Carl W. Dundas ...
    This book explores the reasons for the uneven development of democratic elections in the Member States of the African Union. It notes the slow pace of some Member States of the Union to get on top of delivering credible elections and analyze the attempts which are being made in the 21st Century to remedy the situation. ... Read more

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