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From leading global experts in the fields of politics and mathematics comes this thoughtful analysis of the nature and distribution of power within the European Union and the practical implications of the current institutional design on its members. A valuable resource for scholars of political science, European studies and law, as well as to those working on game theory, theory of voting, and applications of mathematics to social science.

Voting --- Polls --- Elections --- Politics, Practical --- Social choice --- Suffrage --- European Union. --- E.U. --- European Union countries --- Politics and government. --- Balloting

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Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to understand how the rules governing those elections are chosen. Drawing on both broad comparisons and detailed case studies, it focuses upon the electoral rules that govern what sorts of preferences voters can express and how votes translate into seats in a legislature. Through detailed examination of electoral reform politics in four countries (France, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand), Alan Renwick shows how major electoral system changes in established democracies occur through two contrasting types of reform process. Renwick rejects the simple view that electoral systems always straightforwardly reflect the interests of the politicians in power. Politicians' motivations are complex; politicians are sometimes unable to pursue reforms they want; occasionally, they are forced to accept reforms they oppose. The Politics of Electoral Reform shows how voters and reform activists can have real power over electoral reform.

Political systems --- Political sociology --- Elections --- Voting --- Representative government and representation --- Elections. --- Voting. --- Representative government and representation. --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Self-government --- Constitutional history --- Constitutional law --- Political science --- Democracy --- Republics --- Suffrage --- Polls --- Politics, Practical --- Social choice --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Balloting --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Que n’a-t-on dit de l’emprise qu’exerce sur les médias français l’actuel Président de la République ? Ce serait grâce à des réseaux tissés de longue date parmi les patrons de presse et à de subtils jeux d’intimidation/séduction avec les journalistes que le candidat UMP, lors de la campagne présidentielle de 2007, serait parvenu à capter à son profit le jeu médiatique et, par ce biais, à persuader une majorité d’électeurs de le porter à la tête de l’État. La sociologie peut-elle nous aider à démêler ce que ces thèses comportent de vrai ? Elle en est capable assurément, si l’on considère la quantité impressionnante de connaissances qu’elle a accumulées, depuis une soixantaine d’années, au sujet des relations entre médias et pouvoir politique. Qu’il s’agisse des processus d’inscription de certains thèmes sur l’agenda médiatique, des effets qu’ont sur le vote la publication de sondages et les mises en scène médiatiques de l’actualité, ou encore, du rôle que Internet joue désormais dans les débats publics, de telles connaissances peuvent permettre aux citoyens de résister aux effets d’imposition propres aux discours médiatiques aussi bien qu’aux amalgames trompeurs que véhicule la critique des médias souvent caricaturale. Ce livre applique et explique ce que les sciences sociales nous apprennent de ces questions en reprenant le contenu d’un blog invité du monde.fr (www.lemonde.fr) dans lequel l’auteur analysa à chaud, d’un point de vue inspiré par la sociologie, le traitement médiatique de la campagne présidentielle.

Elections --- Mass media --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Government - Europe --- Political aspects --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Communication --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- élection présidentielle française --- médias --- sondages --- internet --- Médias et politique --- Présidents --- Médias --- France --- Élection (2007) --- Dans les médias --- Influence

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polls --- public opinion --- public policy --- electoral behavior --- Public opinion --- Politics and government --- Public opinion. --- Since 1980. --- Latin America --- Latin America. --- Social conditions --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries --- Neotropical region --- Neotropics --- New World tropics --- Spanish America

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This text addresses familiar questions about political representation. These fundamental questions are paired with the empirical observation of Western European democracies during the last 30 years. The study highlights the pathways through which citizens' political preferences are expressed by their political parties.

Democracy. --- Political parties. --- Political participation. --- Voting. --- Polls --- Elections --- Politics, Practical --- Social choice --- Suffrage --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Parties, Political --- Party systems, Political --- Political party systems --- Political science --- Divided government --- Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) --- Political conventions --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Balloting