The author explores the contemporary American ideal of democratic citizenship in election campaigns by tracing it to its historical sources, documenting its thorough infiltration of legal norms, evaluating its feasibility in light of the findings of empirical social science, and…
"By taking a detailed look at campaigns in seven B.C. ridings during the 1988 "free-trade" election - the last under the old three-party system - Anthony Sayers develops a typology of candidates and campaigns. The dynamics of local associations, nominations, and campaigns, inclu…
The second edition of this classic text covers contemporary democracy movements including the Arab Spring and its aftermath, Occupy, and new nations as well as old issues from the Balkans to Africa, from Latin America to Ukraine. The author has traveled widely around the world t…
