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Pippa Norris - Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior - 9780521536714 - V9780521536714
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Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior

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Description for Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior Paperback. Compares the consequences of electoral rules for many dimensions of political representations and voting behavior. Num Pages: 390 pages, 24 b/w illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: JPHF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade witnessed growing interest in ?electoral engineering?. Reformers have sought to achieve either greater government accountability through majoritarian arrangements or wider parliamentary diversity through proportional formula. Underlying the normative debates are important claims about the impact and consequences of electoral reform for political representation and voting behavior. The study compares and evaluates two broad schools of thought, each offering contracting expectations. One popular approach claims that formal rules define electoral incentives facing parties, politicians and citizens. By changing these rules, rational choice institutionalism claims that we have the capacity to shape political behavior. Alternative ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521536714
SKU
V9780521536714
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Reviews for Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior
'This is a welcome contribution to the debate on how electoral systems shape political strategies. It should be read by all students of electoral systems, not only because it is well researched and well written, but also because it brings attention to the lesser known systems of preferential voting…'. Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics '… this is a book ... Read more

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