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Farrell | Schmitt-Beck

Non-Party Actors in Electoral Politics

The Role of Interest Groups and Independent Citizens in Contemporary Election Campaigns
Nomos,  2008, 282 Pages, E-Book

ISBN 978-3-8452-0663-9

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englischThe contemporary electoral process is in many ways far more complex than it used to be. This book focuses on the growing involvement of non-party actors in the process of selecting candidates and during the campaign itself.

These actors – interest groups, individual citizens, even certain political institutions – operate in the campaign environment independently of the parties and their candidates. They are not seeking to attain public office; nevertheless, they interfere in the electoral process in growing numbers, and with increasing intensity, for the most part seeking to influence electoral outcomes to their advantage, but on occasions also for less selfish reasons, such as increasing the quality of the electoral process itself.

Encompassing a broad range of countries, including several old democracies (the United States, Germany, Britain, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Israel, and others), but also one new democracy (Romania), and combining extensive surveys with detailed case studies of recent elections, the chapters in this volume take stock of this new feature in the contemporary electoral process, its origins, forms, and consequences.

»Die "Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung" können mit ihrem achten Band abermals überzeugen... Dieser Band beleuchtet gut die Vielfältigkeit der Einflüsse sowie die interstaatlichen Unterschiede.«
Jahrbuch Extremismus & Demokratie 2009