Electoral Systems and Political Context

by Ethan Scheiner and Robert G. Moser

Book Overview

Electoral Systems and Political Context illustrates how political and social context conditions the effects of electoral rules. The book examines electoral behavior and outcomes in countries that use 'mixed-member' electoral systems - where voters cast one ballot for a party list under proportional representation (PR) and one for a candidate in a single member district (SMD). Based on comparisons of outcomes under the two different rules used in mixed-member...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110760799X
• ISBN13: 9781107607996
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"