“…By favouring a long-term perspective and focusing on localized case studies, these chapters examine electoral competition and the panoply of arenas of mobilization in which it was played out: from political families to avant-garde parties. or student movements, through the new post-war parties, the Church, diaspora networks or even the arenas of mobilization of football teams…”

“…This book examines the process of electoral reform in the Bahamas during the 20th century in the broader context of decolonisation. …”

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“…Also, this type of voluntary engagement often falls short of presenting the kind of reasoned challenges to the incumbents-by the electorate-that Habermas' communicative action aimed at. …”

“…The Conservatives have not won an electoral contest in the city since. Whatever happened to Tory Liverpool? …”

“…Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels. …”

“…Hutchings finds that the media--while far from ideal--do provide the populace with information regarding the responsiveness of elected representatives and that groups of voters do monitor this information when "their" issues receive attention. Thus, while the electorate may be generally uninformed about and uninterested in public policy, a complex interaction of individual motivation, group identification, and political circumstance leads citizens concerned about particular issues to obtain knowledge about their political leaders and use that information at the ballot box…”

“…Observers charge that manipulative practices in political advertising, media coverage, and public discourse have helped to produce an increasingly polarized political arena, an uninformed and apathetic electorate, election campaigns that exploit public fears and prejudices, a media that titillates rather than educates, and a policy process that too often focuses on the symbolic rather than substantive. …”

“…Describing the constitutional rights of women in twelve countries, the contributors to this collection draw on a wide range of legal cases covering issues such as abortion, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, sexual abuse, pornography, family relationships, access to health and social assistance benefits, and electoral rights, among others. Their analysis reveals how essentially male judges decide cases that are mainly about women's equality claims. …”
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“…Christoffer Green-Pedersen's insightful examination of political party strategy in Europe reveals strong links between party consensus and policy retrenchment, arguing that the former allows governments to frame retrenchment in a way that justifies it to the electorate. In the Netherlands, Green-Pedersen shows, such consensus emerged in the mid-1980s, allowing the government to implement a number of welfare retrenchments; in Denmark, consensus did not emerge until the Social Democratic Party re-entered government in 1993, leading to less welfare-state retrenchment than in the Netherlands…”

“…Cuando comienza la campaña electoral, sus amigos le aconsejan que cambie sus métodos porque, aunque su rival es un joven incompetente, cuenta con el apoyo de los sectores más influyentes de la ciudad. …”