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Trust is conventionally believed to have many beneficial consequences for citizens and societies. Pippa Norris' In Praise of Skepticism questions the prevalent assumptions underpinning modern accounts of trust. Norris unpacks the concept and advances a new four-fold typology where trust by principals is compared with indicators of the competency, integrity, and impartiality of governments. Drawing on new evidence from the European Values Surve...

Trust is conventionally believed to have many beneficial consequences for citizens and societies. Pippa Norris' In Praise of Skepticism questions the prevalent assumptions underpinning modern accounts of trust. Norris unpacks the concept and advances a new four-fold typology where trust by principals is compared with indicators of the competency, integrity, and impartiality of governments. Drawing on new evidence from the European Values Surve...

By-elections in constituencies such as Orpington, Bermondsey, and Govan generate headline news in England and raise fundamental questions concerning why third parties manage unexpected breakthroughs, and why the government consistently loses support through the "mid-term blues." The firstsystematic study of British by-elections, this book addresses these questions through an analysis of postwar trends in party support. The first section addres...

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This volume, written by expert legal scholars, political scientists, and electoral assistance practitioners, brings evidence to bear on a series of challenges in American electoral integrity, including electoral laws, voter registers, gerrymandering, fake news, lack of transparency, and inconsistent state regulations. The book sets these issues in comparative context and draws out the broader policy lessons for improving electoral integrity an...

This volume, written by expert legal scholars, political scientists, and electoral assistance practitioners, brings evidence to bear on a series of challenges in American electoral integrity, including electoral laws, voter registers, gerrymandering, fake news, lack of transparency, and inconsistent state regulations. The book sets these issues in comparative context and draws out the broader policy lessons for improving electoral integrity an...

A new theoretical analysis of the rise of Donald Trump, Marine le Pen, Nigel Farage, Geert Wilders, Silvio Berlusconi, and Viktor Orbán.

A new theoretical analysis of the rise of Donald Trump, Marine le Pen, Nigel Farage, Geert Wilders, Silvio Berlusconi, and Viktor Orbán.

Norris offers a theoretical framework for comparing the strengths and weaknesses of agencies and programs with the threats and opportunities for electoral assistance worldwide, establishing a new research agenda in comparative politics, development studies, electoral studies, and voting behavior, and arguing the case for international democratic programs.

Norris counters current pessimism about the effectiveness of democratic programs monitoring and assisting elections worldwide, arguing for international engagement.

This work presents research results from a team of scholars, journalists and industry leaders who examined the influence of the press on the policy apparatus of government, and the impact of economics and changes in communications technology on news reporting.

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This stimulating book brings together a distinguished group of international scholars who develop a global analysis of issues that look at trends in established and newer democracies as we approach the end of the twentieth century. It also presents the first results of the 1995-7 World Values Study as well as drawing on an extensive range of comparative empirical evidence.

Britain Votes 2005' provides a comprehensive overview of the 2005 general election campaign plus a systematic analysis of the election results. Written in a clear, accessible and lively style, it is designed for students, colleagues, and practitioners.

This is a stimulating, timely and authoritative analysis of the campaign and results in the 2001 British General Election. Produced by a well-known team of experts on British elections and voting behaviour, the book is written in a vivid and accessible style. The book is essential reading for all students, scholars and practitioners of British elections and voting behaviour, party politics, public opinion, political behaviour and political soc...

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