The Politics of Electoral Systems

Zusatztext It is a valuable and important work of reference for anyone in academia or policy development with a serious interest in comparative electoral systems Informationen zum Autor Michael Gallagher is Professor of Comparative Politics at Trinity College, University of Dublin. He has also been a visiting Professor at New York University and at City University of Hong Kong. His research has covered various aspects of elections, electoral systems and political parties in a comparative context.Paul Mitchell: Graduated with a PhD in political science from the European University Institute, in Florence, Italy. After teaching at University College Galway and Queen's University Belfast, he joined the LSE in 2000 where he teaches party competition and research methods. During 2000/01 Mitchell was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar at Harvard University. He is currently working on an ESRC funded study of the 2003 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Klappentext This ground-breaking book is the first in over 20 years to examine the operation of electoral systems in 22 countries. This thoroughly comparative volume containing contributions from world-class experts seeks to place often highly technical debates about electoral systems in their real national contexts. Zusammenfassung This ground-breaking book is the first in over 20 years to examine the operation of electoral systems in 22 countries. This thoroughly comparative volume containing contributions from world-class experts seeks to place often highly technical debates about electoral systems in their real national contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Part 1: Introduction: Electoral Systems and Electoral Systems Research 1: Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell: Introduction to Electoral Systems 2: Matthew Søberg Shugart: Comparative Electoral Systems Research: The Maturation of a Field and New Challenges Ahead 3: Richard S. Katz: Why are There so many (or so few) Electoral Reforms? Part 2: Single-Member Constituency Systems 4: David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister: Australia: The Alternative vote in a Compliant Political Culture 5: Louis Massicotte: Canada: Sticking to First-past-the-Post, for the Time Being 6: Robert Elgie: France: Stacking the Deck 7: Anthony Heath, Siana Glouharova, and Oliver Heath: India: Two-Party Contests Within a Multi-Party System 8: Paul Mitchell: United Kingdom: Plurality Rule Under Siege 9: Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, and Jennifer Van Heerde: United States of America: Perpetual Campaigning in the Absence of Competition Part 3: Mixed Systems 10: Thomas Saalfeld: Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System 11: Kenneth Benoit: Hungary: Holding Back the Tiers 12: Roberto D'Alimonte: Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism 13: Steven R. Reed: Japan: Haltingly Toward a Two-Party System 14: Jack Vowles: New Zealand: The Consolidation of Reform? 15: Stephen White: Russia: The Authoritarian Adaptation of an Electoral System Part 4: Closed List Systems 16: Gideon Rahat and Reuven Y. Hazan: Israel: The Politics of Extreme Proportionality 17: Amanda Gouws and Paul Mitchell: South Africa: One Party Dominance Despite Perfect Proportionality 18: Jonathan Hopkin: Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes Part 5: Preferential List Systems and PR-STV 19: Wolfgang C. Müller: Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects 20: Lieven De Winter: Belgium: Empowering Voters or Party Elites? 21: Peter Siavelis: Chile: The Unexpected (and Expected) Consequences of Electoral Engineering 22: Jørgen Elklit: Denmark: Simplicity Embedded in Complexity (or Is it the Other Way Round?) 23: Tapio Raunio: Finland: One Hundred Years of Quietude 24: Rudy B. Andeweg: The Netherlands: The Sanctity of Proportionality 25: Michael Gallagher: Ireland...

Autorentext
Michael Gallagher is Professor of Comparative Politics at Trinity College, University of Dublin. He has also been a visiting Professor at New York University and at City University of Hong Kong. His research has covered various aspects of elections, electoral systems and political parties in a comparative context. Paul Mitchell: Graduated with a PhD in political science from the European University Institute, in Florence, Italy. After teaching at University College Galway and Queen's University Belfast, he joined the LSE in 2000 where he teaches party competition and research methods. During 2000/01 Mitchell was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar at Harvard University. He is currently working on an ESRC funded study of the 2003 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Klappentext
This ground-breaking book is the first in over 20 years to examine the operation of electoral systems in 22 countries. This thoroughly comparative volume containing contributions from world-class experts seeks to place often highly technical debates about electoral systems in their real national contexts.

Inhalt
Foreword
Part 1: Introduction: Electoral Systems and Electoral Systems Research
1: Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell: Introduction to Electoral Systems
2: Matthew Søberg Shugart: Comparative Electoral Systems Research: The Maturation of a Field and New Challenges Ahead
3: Richard S. Katz: Why are There so many (or so few) Electoral Reforms?
Part 2: Single-Member Constituency Systems
4: David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister: Australia: The Alternative vote in a Compliant Political Culture
5: Louis Massicotte: Canada: Sticking to First-past-the-Post, for the Time Being
6: Robert Elgie: France: Stacking the Deck
7: Anthony Heath, Siana Glouharova, and Oliver Heath: India: Two-Party Contests Within a Multi-Party System
8: Paul Mitchell: United Kingdom: Plurality Rule Under Siege
9: Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, and Jennifer Van Heerde: United States of America: Perpetual Campaigning in the Absence of Competition
Part 3: Mixed Systems
10: Thomas Saalfeld: Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System
11: Kenneth Benoit: Hungary: Holding Back the Tiers
12: Roberto D'Alimonte: Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism
13: Steven R. Reed: Japan: Haltingly Toward a Two-Party System
14: Jack Vowles: New Zealand: The Consolidation of Reform?
15: Stephen White: Russia: The Authoritarian Adaptation of an Electoral System
Part 4: Closed List Systems
16: Gideon Rahat and Reuven Y. Hazan: Israel: The Politics of Extreme Proportionality
17: Amanda Gouws and Paul Mitchell: South Africa: One Party Dominance Despite Perfect Proportionality
18: Jonathan Hopkin: Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes
Part 5: Preferential List Systems and PR-STV
19: Wolfgang C. Müller: Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects
20: Lieven De Winter: Belgium: Empowering Voters or Party Elites?
21: Peter Siavelis: Chile: The Unexpected (and Expected) Consequences of Electoral Engineering
22: Jørgen Elklit: Denmark: Simplicity Embedded in Complexity (or Is it the Other Way Round?)
23: Tapio Raunio: Finland: One Hundred Years of Quietude
24: Rudy B. Andeweg: The Netherlands: The Sanctity of Proportionality
25: Michael Gallagher: Ireland: The Discreet Charm of PR-STV
Part 6: Conclusion
26: Michael Gallagher: Conclusion
Appendix A - The Mechanics of Electoral Systems
Appendix B - Indices of Fragmentation and Disproportionality
Appendix C: Effective Threshold and Effective Dist…

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