Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior

by Pippa Norris

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521536715
• ISBN13: 9780521536714
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"