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Author Choi, Jungug

Title Votes, Party Systems and Democracy in Asia
Published Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Series Politics in Asia
Politics in Asia series.
Contents Cover; Votes, Party Systems, andDemocracy in Asia; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I: Society, institutions, and party systems; 1. Issues and approaches in the literature on party systems of Asia; 2. Social structure, district magnitude, and parliamentary party systems; 3. Social structure, institutions, and presidential party systems; Part II: Translation of preferences into votes; 4. Strategic voting in presidential elections; 5. Strategic voting in parliamentary elections
6. Theorizing of strategic coalition: IndiaPart III: New issues and perspectives; 7. Institutional interaction in mixed electoral systems; 8. A new innovative perspective on the party system: a critique of institutional determinism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book looks at the link between voters and political party systems in Asian democracies, focusing on India, Indonesia, Korea and the Philippines. It discusses this link in terms of three distinct elements: the formation of voters preferences, the translation of preferences into votes, and the translation of votes into seats. The book goes on to discuss how far the general rules of political party systems and their underlying causal mechanisms such as strategic voting are apparent in these Asian democracies. In particular, it explores the extent to which electoral rules and social structura
Notes Print version record
Subject Political parties -- Asia
Democracy -- Asia
Voting -- Asia
Democracy
Political parties
Politics and government
Voting
SUBJECT Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003817
Subject Asia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203128107
0203128109