01614     2200229   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020002200097041000800119082001000127084001600137100002100153245010900174260005100283300002600334520090600360650004101266650002501307990002601332990002601358INLIS00000000000991620221111094610  a0010-0520009916221111                |          | eng    a978-1-107-03054-1  aeng  a364.1  a364.1 SIM w0 aSimpser, Alberto1 aWhy Government and Parties Manipulate Elections :bTheory, Practice, and Implications /cAlberto Simpser  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013  axix, 282 p. ;c24 cm.  aWhy do parties and governments cheat in elections they cannot lose? This book documents the widespread use of blatant and excessive manipulation of elections and explains what drives this practice. Alberto Simpser shows that, in many instances, elections are about more than winning. Electoral manipulation is not only a tool used to gain votes, but also a means of transmitting or distorting information. This manipulation conveys an image of strength, shaping the behavior of citizens, bureaucrats, politicians, parties, unions, and businesspeople to the benefit of the manipulators, increasing the scope for the manipulators to pursue their goals while in government and mitigating future challenges to their hold on power. Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections provides a general theory about what drives electoral manipulation and empirically documents global patterns of manipulation. 4aPolitics and International Relations 4aComparative Politics  a26517/MKRI-P/XII-2018  a26517/MKRI-P/XII-2018