00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009916 20221111094610 0010-0520009916 221111################|##########|#eng## 978-1-107-03054-1 eng 364.1 364.1 SIM w Simpser, Alberto Why Government and Parties Manipulate Elections : Theory, Practice, and Implications / Alberto Simpser Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 xix, 282 p. ; 24 cm. Why 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. Politics and International Relations Comparative Politics 26517/MKRI-P/XII-2018 26517/MKRI-P/XII-2018