TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gallagher,Michael
AU  - Mitchell,Paul
TI  - The politics of electoral systems
SN  - 9780199238675
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Elections
KW  - fast
N1  - I; Introduction: Electoral Systems and Electoral Systems Research; 1; Introduction to Electoral Systems; Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell; 2; Comparative Electoral Systems Research: The Maturation of a Field and New Challenges Ahead; Matthew Soberg Shugart; 3; Why are There so Many (or so Few) Electoral Reforms?; Richard S. Katz; II. Single-Member Constituency Systems; 4; Australia: The Alternative Vote in a Compliant Political Culture; David M. Farrell and lan McAllister; 5; Canada: Sticking to First-Past-the-Post, for the Time Being; Louis Massicotte; 6; France: Stacking the Deck; Robert Elgie; 7; India: Two-Party Contests within a Multiparty System; Anthony Heath, Siana Glouharova and Oliver Heath; 8; The United Kingdom: Plurality Rule under Siege; Paul Mitchell; 9; The United States of America: Perpetual Campaigning in the Absence of Competition; Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, and Jennifer Van Heerde; III; Mixed Systems; 10; Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System; Thomas Saalfeld; 11; Hungary: Holding back the Tiers; Kenneth Benoit; 12; Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism; Roberto D'Alimonte; 13; Japan: Haltingly Toward a Two-Party System; Steven R. Reed; 14; New Zealand: The Consolidation of Reform?; Jack Vowles; 15; Russia: The Authoritarian Adaptation of an Electoral System; Stephen White; IV; Closed-List Systems; 16; Israel: The Politics of an Extreme Electoral System; Gideon Rahat and Reuven Y. Hazan; 17; South Africa: One Party Dominance Despite Perfect Proportionality; Amanda Gouws and Paul Mitchell; 18; Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes; Jonathan Hopkin; V; Preferential List Systems and PR-STV; 19; Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects; Wolfgang C. M�uller; 20; Belgium: Empowering Voters or Party Elites?; Lieven De Winter; 21^ixed Systems; Chile: The Unexpected (and Expected) Consequences of Electoral Engineering; Peter M. Siavelis; 22; Denmark: Simplicity Embedded in Complexity (or Is it the Other Way Round?); Jorgen Elklit; 23; Finland: One Hundred Years of Quietude; Tapio. Raunio; 24; The Netherlands: The Sanctity of Proportionality; Rudy B. Andeweg; 25; Ireland: The Discreet Charm of PR-STV; Michael Gallagher
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