Predicting Party Sizes: The Logic of Simple Electoral Systems

by Rein Taagepera

For a given electoral system, what average number and sizes of parties and government duration can we expect? Predicting Party Sizes is the first book to make specific predictions that agree with world averages. The basic factors are the numbers of seats in the assembly and in the average electoral district. While previous models tell us only the direction in which to change the electoral system, the present ones also tell us by how much they must...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287740
• ISBN13: 9780199287741
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 8.7"