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THE AUTHOR TRACES THE EVOLUTION OF DEBATES AS A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT IN THE STRATEGY OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES. ANALYZING SURVEY DATA FROM TWO CANADIAN CASES, HE FINDS THAT THE EFFECTS OF DEBATES ON INDIVIDUAL VOTING BEHAVIOR ARE PRIMARILY REINFORCING, BUT DEBATES HAVE NEVERTHELESS GROWN CONSIDERABLY IN IMPORTANCE IN STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING BY PARTIES AND CANDIDATES.

Analyzing survey data from 2 Canadian cases (the elections of 1979 and 1984), it is found that the effects of debates on individual voting behaviour are primarily reinforcing, but that debates have nevertheless grown considerably in importance in strategic decision making by parties and candidates. (Abstract amended)

STUDY EXAMINES THE NATURE OF PARTISANSHIP IN THE CANADIAN ELECTORATE AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN VOTERS' PARTISAN ATTACHMENTS AND THE STIMULI PROVIDED BY SHORT-TERM FORCES GENERATED DURING PARTICULAR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. THE AUTHORS SEEK TO IDENTIFY REASONS FOR LIBERAL PARTY DOMINANCE WHICH HAS GOVERNED CANADA SINCE 1963. DATA WERE DRAWN FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY.

In this major new edition the world's leading international scholars have again produced an indispensable guide and up-to-date review of the whole field. Each of the chapters (the majority of which are completely new) provide a broad theoretical and comparative understanding of all the key topics, making this essential reading for students and lecturers of elections and voting behavior, comparative politics, parties, and democracy

THE AUTHORS PRESENT A COMPENDIUM OF ACADEMIC SURVEYS OF ELECTIONS THAT WILL BE PERIODICALLY UPDATED, EXPLAIN THE PRINCIPLES USED IN COMPILATION, LIST THE MEMBER ARCHIVES PARTICIPATING AND DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN KEEPING ABREAST OF SUCH STUDIES.