Matthew P. Bishop

Mixed-Member Electoral Systems

The Best of Both Worlds?
Herausgeber: Shugart, Matthew Soberg; Wattenberg, Martin P.

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Produktbeschreibung

Mixed-member electoral systems have now joined majoritarian and proportional systems as basic options which must be considered whenever electoral systems are designed or redesigned. Such a development represents a fundamental change in thinking about electoral systems around the world.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 684
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9780199257683
• ISBN-10: 019925768X
• Artikelnr.: 21077963

Autorenporträt

Shugart, Matthew Soberg (University of California, San Diego, USA) / Wattenberg, Martin P. (University of California, Irvine, USA)

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: The Electoral Reform of the Twenty-first Century?
* Part I: Placing Mixed-Member Systems in the World of Electoral
Systems
* Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: A Definition and Typology
* Extreme Electoral Systems and the Appeal of the Mixed-Member
Alternative
* Part II: Origins of Mixed-Member Systems
* Germany: The Mixed-Member System as a Political Compromise
* Choosing MMP in New Zealand: Explaining the 1993 Electoral Reform
* Reforming the Italian Electoral Law, 1993
* The Politics of Reform in Israel: How the Israeli Mixed System Came
to Be
* The Causes of Electoral Reform in Japan
* The Sources of Electoral Reform in Venezuela
* Electoral Reform in Bolivia: Origins of the Mixed-Member Proportional
System
* Reforming Electoral Systems in Mexico
* Hedging Against Uncertainty: Regime Change and the Origins of
Hungary's Mixed-Member System
* Compromise Amidst Political Conflict: The Origins of Russia's
Mixed-Member System
* Part III: Consequences of Mixed-Member Systems
* The Political Consequences of Germany's Mixed-Member System:
Personalization at the Grass Roots?
* An Initial Assessment of the Consequences of MMP in New Zealand
* Mixed Electoral Rules, Partisan Realignment, and Party System Change
in Italy
* The Israeli Mixed Electoral System: Unexpected Reciprocal and
Cumulative Consequences
* The Consequences of Electoral Reform in Japan
* The Legislative Consequences of MMP Electoral Rules in Venezuela
* The Mixed-Member Proportional System and its Consequences in Bolivia
* The Consequences of The Mexicos Mixed Electoral System, 1988-1997
* Evaluating Hungary's Mixed-Member Electoral System
* The Consequences of Russia's Mixed-Member Electoral System
* Part IV: Prospects for Reform in Other Countries
* The United Kingdom Comes of Age: The British Electoral Reform
Revolution of the 1990s
* Electoral Rules and Electoral Reform in Canada
* Conclusion
* Are Mixed-Member Systems the Best of Both Worlds?