Electoral Geography

Electoral geography is the study of the spatial dimension of the electoral process. It examines the factors and patterns underlying long-standing ideological and political splits in society and their territorial diff erences.

Auteur
Igor Okunev is the Director of the Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations at the Institute for International Studies at MGIMO University. He is also the Co-Chair of the Research Committee on Geopolitics at the International Political Science Association. His work focuses on political geography, critical geopolitics, federalism and capital cities.

Contenu

Introduction to Electoral Geography - Territorial Differentiation of Electoral Systems - Territorial Differentiation of Party Systems - Spatial Models of Voting - The Spatial Effects of Voting - Spatial Analysis in Electoral Geography