Administering elections : how American elections work / Kathleen Hale, Robert Montjoy and Mitchell Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Kathleen, author.

Montjoy, Robert, author.

Brown, Mitchell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--United States--Management.

Elections.

Election law--United States.

Election law.

Management.

United States.

Politics, Practical--United States.

Politics, Practical.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Elections--Management.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"Administering Elections provides a digest of contemporary American election administration using a systems perspective. This provides insight into the interconnected nature of all components of elections administration, and sheds like on the potential consequences of reforms that fail to account for this"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Understanding Election Administration as a System

2. The Structure of Election Administration at the State and Local Levels

3. The Evolving Federal Role in Election Administration

4. The Legal Framework of Election Administration in the Modern Era

5. Pluralism, Participation, and Third-party Groups

6. State Innovation in Election Administration

7. Continuing Challenges in Election Administration

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137400413

1137400412

OCLC:

907184064