Electoral Democracy Book

This collection of essays by eminent political scientists provides a general overview of the various contemporary research fields in the area of U.S. electoral democracy. In the essays, the authors push the boundaries of current understandings of electoral democracy and invite a more rigorous form of theorizing about the potentialities of democratic government. With a common focus on the stable, regularized, institutionalized features of the connections between ordinary citizens and elite policy-making, Electoral Democracy is a valuable contribution to the study of elections and democracies, and essential reading for higher-education courses on public opinion, political parties, and political participation. Michael MacKuen is Burton Craig Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina. George Rabinowitz is Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina. Read More