| Description |
xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
American political parties and elections |
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American political parties and elections.
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| Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- Choosing an electoral system / ArendLijphart and Bernard Grofman -- Part II. Competing values : Proportionality and stability -- Representation and proportional representation / Ferdinand A. Hermens -- Which is the best electoral system? / Maurice Duverger -- The case for proportional representation / Enid Lakeman -- The case for proportional tenure : A defense of the British electoral system / Peter J. Taylor -- Seats, votes, redistricting, and the allocation of power in electoral systems / R.J. Johnston -- Part III. Plurality versus proportional representation : How much difference -- Electoral systems : A question of degree or of principle? / Richard Rose -- Two incompatible principles of representation / Dieter Nohlen -- The effect of district magnitude and properties of two-seat districts / Rein Taagepera -- Electoral systems and constitutional restraints / William H. Riker -- Part IV. The single transferable vote -- Proportional representation with the single transferable vote : A basic requirement for legislative elections / George H. Hallett, Jr. -- An electoral basis for responsible government : The Australian experience / J.F.H. Wright -- The single transferable vote and proportional representation / Richard S. Katz -- Some logical defects of the single transferable vote / Steven J. Brams and Peter C. Fishburn -- Part V. Additional-member systems -- Personalized proportional representation : The "model" of the West German electoral system / Max Kaase -- "Additional-member" electoral systems / William P. Irvine -- A note on variable-size legislatures to achieve proportional representation / Steven J. Brams and Peter C. Fishburn -- Part VI. Other alternatives -- The double-ballot system as a weapon against anti-system parties / Domenico Fisichella -- Semi-proportional and proportional representation systems in the United States / Leon Weaver -- Trying to have the best of both worlds : Semi-proportional and mixed systems / Arend Lijphart -- Part VII. Prospects for electoral reform -- Changes and choices in electoral systems / Dieter Nohlen -- Reflections on the electoral debate in Britain / David E. Butler -- Transnational problems of a uniform procedure for European elections / Karlheinz Reif |
| Analysis |
Proportional representation |
| Notes |
"Copublished with the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University." |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [247]-260 |
| Subject |
Elections -- Indonesia -- Periodicals.
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Elections.
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Proportional representation.
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Representative government and representation.
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| Genre/Form |
Periodicals.
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| Author |
Grofman, Bernard.
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Lijphart, Arend.
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| LC no. |
84018283 |
| ISBN |
0030695465 |
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