Elections in Britain today : a guide for voters and students
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Elections in Britain today : a guide for voters and students
Macmillan Press, 1996
3rd ed
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 242-246
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hard ISBN 9780333660423
Description
This is a lively and authoritative account by a leading political journalist and former MP of how the British electoral system works. It is addressed primarily to intelligent voters, but also to students of political science, government and British Constitution at universities, colleges and schools. It answers central questions such as: When are elections held? Who can vote? What happens on polling day? And how does one become an MP? It explains clearly how and why constituency boundaries have to be altered, how the parties are organized , how campaigns are conducted, the role of the media, how reliable opinion polls are and what happens at by-elections. This completely revised and up-dated edition deals also with local elections, referenda and elections to the European Parliament and describes clearly the main features of other electoral systems, including the main variations of proportional representation. The annexes contain a mass of electoral statistics and a through bibliography.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- David Butler - Acknowledgements - Introduction - When Elections are Held - The Voters - Constituencies - Political Parties: National - Political Parties: Local - Candidates - The Campaign in the Constituencies - The National Campaign - Polling Day - By-Elections, Local Elections, Euro-Elections and Referenda - Opinion Polls - How People Vote - How Much Does it Cost? - An Evolving System - Appendices - Bibliography - Index
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780333660430
Description
This is a lively and authoritative account by a leading political journalist and former MP of how the British electoral system works. It is addressed primarily to intelligent voters, but also to students of political science, government and British Constitution at universities, colleges and schools. It answers central questions such as: When are elections held? Who can vote? What happens on polling day? And how does one become an MP? It explains clearly how and why constituency boundaries have to be altered, how the parties are organized, how campaigns are conducted, the role of the media, how reliable opinion polls are and what happens at by-elections. This completely revised and up-dated edition deals also with local elections, referenda and elections to the European Parliament and describes clearly the main features of other electoral systems, including the main variations of proportional representation. The annexes contain a mass of electoral statistics and a thorough bibliography.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- David Butler - Acknowledgements - Introduction - When Elections are Held - The Voters - Constituencies - Political Parties: National - Political Parties: Local - Candidates - The Campaign in the Constituencies - The National Campaign - Polling Day - By-Elections, Local Elections, Euro-Elections and Referenda - Opinion Polls - How People Vote - How Much Does it Cost? - An Evolving System - Appendices - Bibliography - Index
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