| Economics and Elections: The Major Western Democracies Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lewis-Beck, Michael S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472081330 ISBN-13: 9780472081332 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1990 Annotation: A cross-national study of the effect of economic conditions on voting behavior in the United States and the Western democracies |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 324.905 |
| LCCN: 88-26183 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.02" W x 8.97" (0.70 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Does a government's fate at the ballot box hinge on the state of the economy? Is it inflation, unemployment, or income that makes the difference? What triggers economic voting for or against the incumbent - do voters look at their pocketbooks, or at the national accounts? Do economic voters "punish" rulers for bad times, but fail to "reward" them for the good times? Are voter's judgments based on past economic performance or future policy promises? These are some of the questions considered by Michael Lewis-Beck in this major cross-national study of the effect of economic conditions on voting behavior in the Western European democracies and the United States. |