Electoral systems and political context : How the effects of rules vary across new and established democracies

By:

Moser Robert G

Contributor(s):

Scheiner Ethan

Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012Description: 284p xxiISBN:

9781107025424

Subject(s):

1. Proportional Representation2. Comparative Government3. Political Science

DDC classification:

324.600000 MOS

Contents:

Table of contents 1. Introduction: why don't electoral rules have the same effects in all countries?; 2. When do the effects of electoral systems diverge from our expectations?; 3. Mixed-member electoral systems: how they work and how they work for scholars; 4. How democratic experience and party system development condition the effects of electoral rules on disproportionality and the number of parties: theory, measurement, and expectations; 5. How democratic experience and party system development condition the effects of electoral rules on disproportionality and the number of parties: what we actually see; 6. Political context, electoral rules, and their effects on strategic and personal voting; 7. How democratic experience and party system development condition the effect of electoral rules on strategic defection; 8. Social diversity, electoral rules, and the number of parties; 9. How political context shapes the effect of electoral rules on women's representation; 10. Conclusion: why and how political context matters for electoral system effects.

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Table of contents
1. Introduction: why don't electoral rules have the same effects in all countries?;
2. When do the effects of electoral systems diverge from our expectations?;
3. Mixed-member electoral systems: how they work and how they work for scholars;
4. How democratic experience and party system development condition the effects of electoral rules on disproportionality and the number of parties: theory, measurement, and expectations;
5. How democratic experience and party system development condition the effects of electoral rules on disproportionality and the number of parties: what we actually see;
6. Political context, electoral rules, and their effects on strategic and personal voting;
7. How democratic experience and party system development condition the effect of electoral rules on strategic defection;
8. Social diversity, electoral rules, and the number of parties;
9. How political context shapes the effect of electoral rules on women's representation;
10. Conclusion: why and how political context matters for electoral system effects.

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