TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gallagher, Michael, ed.
TI  - The politics of electoral systems
SN  - 9780199238675 
U1  - 324.63 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
N1  - 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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