The Handbook of Electoral System Choice

2004
ISBN: 978-1-4039-0454-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 555 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1018 g

The topic of electoral reform is an extremely timely one. The accelerated expansion of the number of new democracies in the world generates increasing demand for advice on the choice of electoral rules; at the same time, a new reformism in well established democracies seeks new formulae favouring both more representative institutions and more accountable rulers. The Handbook of Electoral System Choice addresses the theoretical and comparative issues of electoral reform in relation to democratization, political strategies in established democracies and the relative performance of different electoral systems. Case studies on virtually every major democracy or democratizing country in the world are included.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Colomer, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; B.Grofman INTRODUCTION The Strategy and History of Electoral System Choice; J.M.Colomer THE AMERICAS The Americas: General Overview; J.M.Colomer Argentina: Compromising on a Qualified-Plurality System; G.L.Negretto Brazil: Democratizing with Majority-Runoff; J.M.Nicolau Costa Rica: Modifying Majoritarianism with 40 Percent Threshold; F.Lehoucq Mexico: Designing Electoral Rules by a Dominant Party; A.Diaz-Cayeros & B.Magaloni United States: The Past: Moving from Diversity to Unified Single Member Districts; E.Engstrom United States: The Future: Reconsidering Single-Member Districts and the Electoral College; R.L.Engstrom WESTERN EUROPE Western Europe: General Overview; J.M.Colomer France: Reform-mongering Between Majority-Runoff and Proportionality; G.Alexander Germany: Partisan Engineering of Personalized Proportional Representation; M.Kreuzer Italy: Lofty Ambitions and Unintended Consequences; D.Gambetta & S.Warner Spain: From Civil War to Proportional Representation; J.M.Colomer Sweden: Introducing Proportional Representation From Above; L.Lewin Switzerland: Introducing Proportional Representation From Below; G.Lutz United Kingdom: Reforming the Westminster Model; P.Dunleavy & H.Margetts EASTERN EUROPE Eastern Europe: General Overview; C.Flores Juberías The Baltics: Independence with Divergent Electoral Systems; E.Mikkel & V.Pettai Czech Republic: Entrenching Proportional Representation; P.Kopecký Hungary: Compromising Mid-way on a Mixed System; J.W.Schiemann Poland: Learning to Manipulate Electoral Rules; M.Kaminski Russia: Compromising a Long Lasting Transitional Formula; O.Shvetsova AFRICA Africa: Dictatorial and Democratic Electoral Systems since 1946; M.Golder & L.Wantchekon Africa: Electoral Systems in Emerging Democracies; S.Mozaffar South Africa: Proportional Representation in the Puzzle to Stabilize Democracy; A.Reynolds ASIA AND PACIFIC Asia and Pacific: General Overview; A.Hicken Australia: Replacing Plurality Rule with Majority-PreferentialVoting; M.Sawer India: Majoritarian Democracy from Above; S.K.Mitra Indonesia: Transition and Change, but Electoral System Continuity; A.Ellis Japan: Manipulating Multi-member Districts: From SNTV to a Mixed System; J.Wada New Zealand: Reform by (Nearly) Immaculate Design; J.H.Nagel Glossary and Index; J.M.Colomer

Über Autor(innen)

GERARD ALEXANDER University of Virginia, USA
PATRICK DUNLEAVY London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

ERIK ENGSTROM University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
RICHARD L. ENGSTROM University of New Orleans, USA
ALBERTO DIAZ-CAYEROS Stanford University, USA, and ITAM, Mexico
ANDREW ELLIS National Democratic Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia
CARLOS FLORES JUBERÍAS University of Valencia, Spain
DIEGO GAMBETTA Oxford University, UK
MATT GOLDER New York University, USA
ALLEN HICKEN University of Michigan, USA
MAREK KAMINSKI University of California, Irvine, USA

PETR KOPECKY University of Sheffield, UK, and University of Leiden, the Netherlands
MARCUS KREUZER Villanova University, USA
FABRICE LEHOUCQ CIDE, Mexico

LEIF LEWIN University of Uppsala, Sweden
GEORG LUTZ University of Berne, Switzerland
BEATRIZ MAGALONI Stanford University, USA and ITAM, Mexico
HELEN MARGETTS University College, London, UK
EVALD MIKKEL University of Tartu, Estonia
SUBRATA K. MITRA Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany

SHAHENN MOZAFFAR Bridgewater State College, USA
JACK H. NAGEL University of Pennsylvania, USA
MONIKA A. NALEPA Columbia University, New York, USA
GABRIEL L. NEGRETTO CIDE, Mexico
JAIRO MARCONI NICOLAU IUPRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
VELLO PETTAI University of Tartu, Estonia
ANDREW REYNOLDS University of North Carolina, Chapell Hill, USA
MARIAN SAWER Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
JOHN W. SCHIEMANN Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity, USA
OLGA SHVETSOVA Washington University, St. Louis, USA
JUNICHIRO WADA Yokohama City University, Japan
LEONARD WANTCHEKON New York University, USA
STEVEN WARNER Oxford University, UK