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The politics of electoral systems / edited by Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell

By: Gallagher, Michael, edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xxxii, 662 p.: ill.; 24 cmISBN: 9780199238675 DDC classification: 324.63

Contents:

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? 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 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 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 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 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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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?

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

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

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

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

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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