The study of voting behaviour remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art review that sets the agenda for future study.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Notes on the Editors and Contributors
• Volume 1
• 1 Introduction - Kai Arzheimer, Jocelyn Evans and Michael S. Lewis-Beck
• PART I INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES
• 2 Institutions and Voter Choice: Who Chooses, What Do They Choose Over, and How Do They Choose - Shaun Bowler
• 3 Party Systems and Voter Alignments - Åsa von Schoultz (née Bengtsson)
• 4 The Study of Less Important Elections - Hermann Schmitt and Eftichia Teperoglou
• 5 Clarity of Responsibility and Vote Choice - Thiago Silva and Guy D. Whitten
• 6 Voting in New(er) Democracies - Lenka Bustikova and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
• PART II SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES
• 7 Age and Voting - Ruth Dassonneville
• 8 Gender and Voting - Rosie Campbell
• 9 Social Class and Voting - Geoffrey Evans
• 10 Religion - Martin Elff and Sigrid Roßteutscher
• 11 Race, Ethnicity and Elections: From Recognizable Patterns to Generalized Theories - Maria Sobolewska
• 12 Social Networks and Voter Mobilization - Marc Hooghe
• PART III PARTISANSHIP
• 13 The Evolving Role of Partisanship - Elias Dinas
• 14 Party Identification: Meaning and Measurement - Donald P. Green and Susanne Baltes
• 15 Cognitive Mobilization - Todd Donovan
• PART IV VOTER DECISION-MAKING
• 16 Strategic Voting - Thomas Gschwend and Michael F. Meffert
• 17 Integrating Genetics into the Study of Electoral Behavior - Carisa L. Bergner and Peter K. Hatemi
• 18 Emotions and Voting - David P. Redlawsk and Douglas R. Pierce
• 19 Referendums - Alan Renwick
• 20 Turnout - Hanna Wass and André Blais
• Volume 2
• PART V ISSUES AND ATTITUDES
• 21 Ideology and Core Values - Robert N. Lupton, Adam M. Enders, and William G. Jacoby
• 22 Issue Ownership: An Ambiguous Concept - Wouter van der Brug
• 23 Valence - Jane Green and Will Jennings
• 24 Value Cleavages - Romain Lachat
• 25 The VP-Function: A Review - Mary Stegmaier, Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Beomseob Park
• 26 The Economic Vote: Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Times - Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Marina Costa Lobo
• PART VI CANDIDATES AND CAMPAIGNS
• 27 Voter Evaluation of Candidates and Party Leaders - Diego Garzia
• 28 Candidate Location and Vote Choice - Jocelyn Evans
• 29 The Personal Vote - Thomas Zittel
• 30 Candidate Attractiveness - Markus Klein and Ulrich Rosar
• 31 Campaign Effects - Richard Johnston
• 32 Economic Voting in a New Media Environment: Preliminary Evidence and Implications - Diana C. Mutz and Eunji Kim
• 33 Campaign Spending - Zachary Albert and Raymond La Raja
• PART VII POLLING AND FORECASTING
• 34 Polls and Votes - Robert Ford, Christopher Wlezien, Mark Pickup and Will Jennings
• 35 Econometric Approaches to Forecasting - Éric Bélanger and David Trotter
• 36 Wisdom of Crowds - Andreas Murr
• 37 Political Markets - Andreas Graefe
• 38 Social Media and Elections: A Meta-analysis of Online-based Electoral Forecasts - Andrea Ceron, Luigi Curini and Stefano M. Iacus
• PART VIII METHODS
• 39 Experiments - Robert Johns
• 40 Multi-level Modelling of Voting Behaviour - Marcel Lubbers and Take Sipma
• 41 Cross-national Data Sources: Opportunities and Challenges - Catherine de Vries
• 42 Psephology and Technology, or: The Rise and Rise of the Script-Kiddie - Kai Arzheimer
• 43 Conclusion - Marianne Stewart