Electoral Systems - Farrell, David M.
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‘Electoral Systems’ examines the six principal types of electoral system currently in use in more than fifty of the world's democracies: single member plurality, alternative vote, two-round systems, list, single transferable vote, and the currently fashionable 'mixed' systems. A common format is adopted throughout, dealing with explanations of how the system operates and its effects on the political system. The book concludes by assessing the effects and consequences of electoral systems, the factors behind their selection and the question of whether there is a 'trade-off' between…mehr

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‘Electoral Systems’ examines the six principal types of electoral system currently in use in more than fifty of the world's democracies: single member plurality, alternative vote, two-round systems, list, single transferable vote, and the currently fashionable 'mixed' systems. A common format is adopted throughout, dealing with explanations of how the system operates and its effects on the political system. The book concludes by assessing the effects and consequences of electoral systems, the factors behind their selection and the question of whether there is a 'trade-off' between proportionality and stability.

Table of contents:
The Study of Electoral Systems
The Single Member Plurality System and its Cousins
Majoritarian Electoral Systems: Two-Round Systems and the Alternative Vote
The List Systems of Proportional Representation
Mixed Electoral Systems
The Single Transferable Vote System of Proportional Representation
The Consequences of Electoral Systems
Electoral Reform and the Choice of an Electoral System
Electoral Systems and Stability
Autorenporträt
DAVID FARRELL is Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, University of Manchester. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on elections, electoral systems and parties and of ‘Comparing Electoral Systems’ for which the present work is a much extended, revised and updated replacement. He is also co-author of ‘Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government’ and ‘Electoral Strategies and Political Marketing’. He is chair of the editorial board of’ Representation’, a co-editor of’ Party Politics’, and a member of the advisory council of the F. Clifton White Resource Center at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Washington DC.