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The consequences of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Great Recession of 2008-2010 continue to be debated among economists, journalists, and policymakers. This book examines how these economic shocks, which originated largely outside of nations, reshaped politics within them.

Political Parties and Democratic Linkage examines how political parties ensure the functioning of the democratic process in contemporary societies. Based on unprecedented cross-national data, the authors find that the process of party government is still alive and well in most contemporary democracies.

How do institutions and electoral systems matter for citizens' electoral choices? This is the first systematic study that attempts to answer this question for contemporary democracies. The book assembles leading electoral researchers to examine citizen choice in over 30 democracies surveyed by the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.

This volume explores how globalization might affect democratic mass politics, and in particular how it might affect the political attitudes and behaviour of ordinary citizens and the policies of political parties.

Elections and Democracy is based on data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, spanning 36 countries. It considers the majoritarian and consensus models of democracy and how and their embodiment in institutional structures influence vote choice, political participation and satisfaction within a functioning democracy

The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems systematically deals with the question of the impact of institutions on political behaviour. It provides comparative data on the micro- and the macro-level to study electoral behaviour empirically across a broad range of institutional contexts.