This is still a relatively neglected field of enquiry, despite the evident fact that it is exactly during election campaigns that alliances and local strategies of power come to the fore (see for example Spencer 2007).
這依然是一個相對受到忽視的研究領域，儘管明顯事實在於，正是在競選期間，政黨聯盟和地方權力策略脫穎而出（例如 Spencer 2007).