This text is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of electoral behaviour. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on a range of countries, the handbook is composed of eight parts. The first five cover the principal theoretical paradigms, and are followed by chapters on their specific challenges and innovative applications in contemporary voting studies. The remaining three parts explore elements of the voting process to understand their different effects on vote outcomes. The handbook is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, reserachers and practitioners in the fields of politics, sociology, psychology, geography and research methods.