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Electoral Systems and Democracy
Larry Diamond (Ed.)
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Description for Electoral Systems and Democracy
Paperback. Quade, Benjamin Reilly, Andrew Reynolds, David Samuels, Richard Snyder, Richard Soudriette, R. Kent Weaver Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy series addresses electoral systems and democracy. As the number of democracies has increased around the world, a heated debate has emerged among experts about which system best promotes the consolidation of democracy. Is proportional representation, a majoritarian system, a mixture of the two, or some other system the best for new democracies? This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Contributors: Joel D. Barkan, Jeffrey Cason, Adeed Dawisha, Larry Diamond, Andrew Ellis, Ken ... Read more
The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy series addresses electoral systems and democracy. As the number of democracies has increased around the world, a heated debate has emerged among experts about which system best promotes the consolidation of democracy. Is proportional representation, a majoritarian system, a mixture of the two, or some other system the best for new democracies? This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Contributors: Joel D. Barkan, Jeffrey Cason, Adeed Dawisha, Larry Diamond, Andrew Ellis, Ken ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
A Journal of Democracy Book
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801884757
SKU
V9780801884757
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About Larry Diamond (Ed.)
Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. They serve as codirectors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and coeditors of the Journal of Democracy, as well as of other collections of ... Read more
Reviews for Electoral Systems and Democracy
An accessible and comprehensive collection... usefully grounds the key theoretical arguments with empirical evidence.
Toby James Political Studies Review 2007 Very useful for pedagogical purposes... Recommended. General readers and undergraduates. Choice 2007
Toby James Political Studies Review 2007 Very useful for pedagogical purposes... Recommended. General readers and undergraduates. Choice 2007