Ferrara / Herron / Nishikawa Mixed Electoral Systems

Contamination and its Consequences
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4039-7885-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection

Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall structure of partisan competition.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferrara, F.

Herron, E.

Nishikawa, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A New Species of Electoral Institutions? Relative Causal Inference and the Study of Mixed Electoral Systems A Taxonomy of Mixed Electoral Systems The Logic of Contamination: District-Level Party Systems Going It Alone? Strategic Nominations in Mixed Electoral Systems Interactive Ballots: The Microfoundations of Contamination Voting from their Hearts? Contamination and Strategic Voting Eyeing the Future: Contamination and Legislative Behavior Better, Worse, or Just Different? Legislative Fractionalization in Mixed Systems Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

FEDERICO FERRARA is a PhD Candidate at Harvard University, USA.

ERIK S. HERRON is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Kansas, USA.

MISA NISHIKAWA is Assistant Professor, Ball State University, USA.