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Electoral engineering : voting rules and political behavior /

From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade witnessed growing interest in 'electoral engineering'. Underlying the normative debates are important claims about the impact and consequences of electoral reform for political representation and voting behaviour. This study compares and evaluates two...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norris, Pippa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Comparative politics, political economy.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Do Rules Matter? Structure versus Culture
  • Classifying Electoral Systems
  • Evaluating Electoral Systems
  • THE CONSEQUENCES FOR VOTING BEHAVIOR
  • Party Systems
  • Social Cleavages
  • Party Loyalties
  • Turnout
  • THE CONSEQUENCES FOR POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
  • Women's Representation
  • Ethnic Minorities
  • Constituency Service
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • The Impact of Electoral Engineering.