Voting the Agenda: Candidates, Elections, and Ballot Propositions
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Voting the Agenda: Candidates, Elections, and Ballot Propositions
By (Author) Stephen P. Nicholson
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
17th May 2005
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
324.973
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
425g
Description
How do voters make decisions in low-information elections How distinctive are these voting decisions Traditional approaches to the study of voting and elections often fail to address these questions by ignoring other elections taking place simultaneously. In this groundbreaking book, Stephen Nicholson shows how issue agendas shaped by state ballo
Reviews
"Stephen Nicholson's provocative book provides a solid theoretical foundation to explain the role that ballot measures have in setting the agenda and influencing vote choice in candidate races."--Daniel A. Smith, Political Science Quarterly
Author Bio
Stephen P. Nicholson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University. His doctoral dissertation received the 1999 E. E. Schattschneider Award, presented annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of American politics. Nicholson has published articles in the "American Journal of Political Science", the "Journal of Politics", the "British Journal of Political Science", and "Political Research Quarterly".
