Real choices/new voices : the case for proportional representation elections in the United States
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Real choices/new voices : the case for proportional representation elections in the United States
Columbia University Press, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index
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ISBN 9780231081542
内容説明
The author rejects the US system of voting plurality which reinforces the two-party monopoly and restricts voter choice. As an alternative, he argues for proportional representation, where officials are elected in multi-member districts according to the proportion of the votes won by their parties.
目次
- Fair representation for all
- eradicating gerrymandering
- encouraging issue-oriented campaigns
- breaking the two-party monopoly
- electing more women
- fair representation for racial and ethnic minorities
- encouraging voter turnout
- objections to proportional representation
- versions of PR for the USA
- the political prospects for PR in the USA.
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:pbk ISBN 9780231081559
内容説明
This text argues that plurality rules are unfair, outmoded and undemocratic and that the US should adopt a different electoral system, proprotional representation, by which officials are elected in multimember districts according to the proportion of the vote won by their parties.
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