The politics of electoral systems / (Record no. 195344)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199238675 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
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| Classification number | 324.63 |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gallagher, Michael, ed. |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The politics of electoral systems / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford; |
| -- | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxii, 662 p.: |
| Other physical details | ill.; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | PART 1: INTRODUCTION: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH -- 1. Introduction to Electoral Systems -- 2. Comparative Electoral Systems Research: The Maturation of a Field and New Challenges Ahead -- 3. Why are There so many (or so few) Electoral Reforms?<br/><br/>PART 2: SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCY SYSTEMS -- 4. Australia: The Alternative vote in a Compliant Political Culture -- 5. Canada: Sticking to First-past-the-Post, for the Time Being -- 6. France: Stacking the Deck -- 7. India: Two-Party Contests Within a Multi-Party System -- 8. United Kingdom: Plurality Rule Under Siege -- 9. United States of America: Perpetual Campaigning in the Absence of Competition <br/><br/>PART 3: MIXED SYSTEMS -- 10. Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System -- 11. Hungary: Holding Back the Tiers -- 12. Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism -- 13. Japan: Haltingly Toward a Two-Party System -- 14. New Zealand: The Consolidation of Reform? -- 15. Russia: The Authoritarian Adaptation of an Electoral System <br/><br/>PART 4: CLOSED LIST SYSTEMS -- 16. Israel: The Politics of Extreme Proportionality -- 17. South Africa: One Party Dominance Despite Perfect Proportionality -- 18. Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes <br/><br/>PART 5: PREFERENTIAL LIST SYSTEMS AND PR-STV -- 19. Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects -- 20. Belgium: Empowering Voters or Party Elites? -- 21. Chile: The Unexpected (and Expected) Consequences of Electoral Engineering -- 22. Denmark: Simplicity Embedded in Complexity (or Is it the Other Way Round?) -- 23. Finland: One Hundred Years of Quietude -- 24. The Netherlands: The Sanctity of Proportionality -- 25. Ireland: The Discreet Charm of PR-STV <br/><br/>PART 6: CONCLUSION -- 26. Conclusion ; Appendix A - The Mechanics of Electoral Systems -- Appendix B - Indices of Fragmentation and Disproportionality -- Appendix C: Effective Threshold and Effective District Magnitude -- Appendix D: Values of Indices for 22 Countries at Most Recent Election -- Appendix E: Web Sites Related to Elections, Election Results, and Electoral Systems |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | 03/05/2018 | 53 | 2510.60 | 324.63 GAL/P | 46544 | 09/07/2018 | 09/07/2018 | General Books |