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The politics of electoral reform : changing the rules of democracy /
"Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to understand how the rules governing those elections are chosen. Drawing on both broad comparisons and detailed case studies, it focuses upon the electoral rules that govern what sorts of preferences voters can express and how votes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to understand how the rules governing those elections are chosen. Drawing on both broad comparisons and detailed case studies, it focuses upon the electoral rules that govern what sorts of preferences voters can express and how votes translate into seats in a legislature. Through detailed examination of electoral reform politics in four countries (France, Italy, Japan and New Zealand), Alan Renwick shows how major electoral system changes in established democracies occur through two contrasting types of reform process. Renwick rejects the simple view that electoral systems always straightforwardly reflect the interests of the politicians in power. Politicians' interests are complex; politicians are sometimes unable to pursue reforms they want; occasionally, they are forced to accept reforms they oppose. The Politics of Electoral Reform shows how voters and reform activists can have real power over electoral reform"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-301) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511677359 0511677359 9780521765305 0521765307 9780511676390 0511676395 0511683820 9780511683824 1107403251 9781107403253 0511739672 9780511739675 1107208696 9781107208698 1282536230 9781282536234 9786612536236 6612536233 0511678614 9780511678615 0511681844 9780511681844 0511679866 9780511679865 |