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Josep M. . Ed(S): Colomer - The Handbook of Electoral System Choice - 9781403904546 - V9781403904546
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The Handbook of Electoral System Choice

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Description for The Handbook of Electoral System Choice Hardback. Editor(s): Colomer, Josep M. Num Pages: 577 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1018.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
577
Condition
New
Number of Pages
555
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403904546
SKU
V9781403904546
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About Josep M. . Ed(S): Colomer
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, ... Read more

Reviews for The Handbook of Electoral System Choice
'Electoral studies have long focused more on the effects than the causes of electoral rules. As Josep Colomer notes in his introduction to this volume, however, the very strength of the effects leads to a natural line of theorizing about causes: Parties introduce new rules in anticipation of their effects on those parties' future electoral fortunes. ... Read more

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