ABSTRACT

Within an international framework, this work provides a fully comprehensive approach to the geographical coverage of elections. Numerous applications of ideas and concepts from human geography are incorporated into a new political context, illustrating the manner in which electoral patterns reflect and help produce the overall geography of a region or state. Discussions of various topics are well supported by numerous maps and diagrams which help clarify arguments and serve to define elections within their basic geographical context.

part |2 pages

Part One Preliminaries

chapter 1|13 pages

Geography and Electoral Studies

chapter 2|71 pages

Electoral Systems and Electoral Data

part |2 pages

Part Two Geography of Voting

part |2 pages

Part Three Geographical Influences in Voting

chapter 5|49 pages

The Neighbourhood Effect

chapter 6|63 pages

Candidates, Issues and Campaigns

part |2 pages

Part Four Geography of Representation

chapter 7|51 pages

Electoral Abuses

chapter 8|49 pages

Electoral Reform

part |2 pages

Part Five Towards a Geography of Power