“…In Scotland, the SNP has been in government since 2007 and has established a political hegemony that makes it the most successful political party in terms of electoral politics in Europe. Yet, the political philosophy of this movement has not been studied in any great depth and a number of basic questions remain unanswered, such as why is the movement non-violent and constitutional? …”

“…The Downing Street superforecaster--a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate--has disappeared without a trace, and the former head of MI5 has been tasked with tracking her down. …”

“…Although rare, the first bottom-up route to reform was electoral. The second route was more top-down and technocratic, with little support from voters or civil society. …”

“…Sin embargo, ninguno había logrado la fuerza electoral o política suficiente para ponerlo en verdadero riesgo. …”

“…Par delà les petits et les grands enjeux affichés, cet ouvrage espère ainsi éclairer, au prisme du moment électoral, les restructurations d'un ordre sociopolitique. …”

“…It is mindful of longer-term trends of rising economic inequality as well as the rather extraordinary series of electoral processes and redistribution policy outcomes across many electoral systems over recent decades. …”

“…Tras un breve recorrido histórico por nuestro constitucionalismo y la transición española, se analiza el significado e implicaciones jurídicas de nuestro Estado social y democrático de derecho, con especial detenimiento en el estudio de la regulación de los partidos políticos o de nuestro sistema electoral. Este texto incluye también un conciso análisis del sistema de fuentes del Derecho en España, del Tribunal Constitucional y sus funciones y de los derechos fundamentales…”
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“…Los doce trabajos que contiene México, el nuevo escenario político ante el bicentenario se sitúan en un polígono problemático de la Ciencia Política, donde sus lados quedan enmarcados por las instituciones políticas, las políticas públicas, el sistema electoral y los sistemas de partidos, tanto en el ámbito federal como estadual, los cambios en la cultura política y los medios de comunicación. …”
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“…In the twilight of Brazil's twenty-one year military regime, a new union movement emerged in São Paulo's industrial region, giving life to a new political party: the Workers' Party. The electoral success enjoyed by the party enabled it to champion a whole raft of democratic reforms and Brazil is now celebrated as a laboratory for popular and participatory forms of government. …”

“…According to a 2006 survey, 58 percent of young people aged 15 to 25 were civically "disengaged," meaning that they participated in fewer than two types of either electoral activities (defined as voting, campaigning, etc.) or civic activities (for example, volunteering). …”

“…This book provides a systematic analysis of the major structural and institutional governance mechanisms in Cameroon, critically analysing the constitutional and legislative texts on Cameroon's semi-presidential system, the electoral system, the legislature, the judiciary, the Constitutional Council and the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms. …”

“…This "noise" does not help at all citizens to make the best possible choices, including the electoral ones, and this is not a good thing for the functioning of economic markets and the democracy. …”

“…Yet, wherever one looks, the rural aspects are key - not just in electoral calculus, but in understanding underlying drivers of authoritarianism and populism, and potential counter-movements to these. …”

“…Its aim is to analyse in-depth the transformations which are affecting, at the current time, the different aspects of Social Democracy: new organisational models, changes in political and electoral performance, changing relations with the trade unions and civil society associations, reactions to the emergence of new political rivais and new values, new ideological trends and political programmes, etc. …”

“…Through the lens of urban water provision, this book shows how politicians fail to provide reliable and high quality public services because they often benefit politically from manipulating public service provision for electoral gain. In many young democracies, politicians exchange water service for votes or political support, attempting to reward allies or punish political enemies. …”

“…The best institutional translation of a 'government of the people, by the people and for the people' is usually expressed through elections and electoral representation in parliaments. Judicial review of legislation has been challenged as bypassing that common sense conception of democratic rule. …”

“…La presente obra, que reúne por primera vez un enfoque científico con la experiencia en el campo de la gestión de una campaña electoral, responde a estas preguntas. El autor rebate algunos tópicos sobre la red, demostrando por ejemplo que esta no vuelve más automatizadas y distantes las campañas, sino que proporciona las herramientas para que resulten más cercanas y humanas, para situar de nuevo a las personas y las relaciones directas en el centro del proceso político. …”