Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds? (Comparative Politics) [Hardcover]

Matthew Soberg Shugart (Editor), Martin P. Wattenberg (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0199240795 | ISBN-13: 978-0199240791 | Publication Date: May 3, 2001

This book evaluates why mixed-member systems have recently appealed to many countries with diverse electoral histories, and how well expectations for these systems have been met. Each major country that has adopted a mixed system is given two chapters, one on origins and one on consequences. The countries examined are Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, Japan, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Hungary, and Russia. In addition, there are chapters on the prospects for a mixed-member system being adopted in Britain and Canada.

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The book provides a useful classification of some electoral system elements in two dimensions: inter-party (majoritarian vs. proportional) and intra-party (candidates vs. parties dominance), as well as ten single-country good reading studies. West European Politics The core of the book, especially the section on how MMP systems came to be introduced in the ten case study countries, will have lasting value for its detail ... the editors' contributions are excellent: they have done much more than simply collate a series of chapters. As a whole, the book will provide an important reference work for the study of what, in their words, 'might prove to be the electoral reform of the twenty-first century'. Representation

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 680 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199240795
• ISBN-13: 978-0199240791
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,097,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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