Elections, electoral systems and volatile voters
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Elections, electoral systems and volatile voters
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Available at 11 libraries
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Bibliography: p. 205-217
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book gives a full account of past experience, present structures and processes, and probable developments, of the voters- party-electoral systems nexus in twenty-one advanced Western democracies. The analysis is based on an original 1945-2007 comparative data set including all relevant political and institutional variables.
Table of Contents
PART I What Democratic Elections Are, and What They Are Not Electoral Systems in Contemporary Advanced Democracies: Basic Principles and their Mechanics Majoritarian Systems Proportional Systems Mixed-Member Systems PART II Electoral Rules: How Effective and Why The French 2RS: Suited for Comparative Research? Re-Designing Cases and Indicators From Theory to Evidence: Updating and Re-Testing Lijphart Systemic Consequences, Past and Future
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