Electoral Systems
Six Volume Set
Edited by:
- David M Farrell - University of Manchester, UK
- Matthew Shugart - University of California San Diego, USA
July 2012 | 1 864 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
In the 25 years since Arend Lijphart remarked that 'the study of electoral systems is undoubtedly the most underdeveloped subject in political science' the field has developed rapidly. It is now a mature research area served by several journals, many book-length treatments, and a number of long-running comparative studies that cover just about every electoral systems family on the planet. This four-volume set brings together the very best of this research to present a comprehensive picture of electoral systems study from their design and stability to the outcomes they produce and the question of reform.
@!Electoral system design and reform
@!Indices relating to electoral systems
@!Duverger's Laws
@!Electoral systems and stability
@!Electoral systems and other consequences
@!Electoral systems cases studies.
VOLUME ONE: GENERAL
André Blais
The Classification of Electoral Systems
Arend Lijphart
The Field of Electoral Systems Research
Andrew Reynolds and Marco Steenbergen
How the World Votes
Rein Taagepera
Electoral Systems
Michael Gallagher
Proportionality, Disproportionality and Electoral Systems
Markku Laakso and Rein Taagepera
Effective Number of Parties
John Loosemore and Victor Hanby
The Theoretical Limits of Maximum Distortion
Rein Taagepera and Bernard Grofman
Mapping the Indices of Seat-Votes Disproportionality and Inter-Election Volatility
VOLUME TWO: DUVERGER'S LAW
Kenneth Benoit
The Endogeneity Problem in Electoral Studies
André Blais and R.K. Carty
The Psychological Impact of Electoral Laws
Josep Colomer
It's Parties That Choose Electoral Systems (or, Duverger's Laws upside down)
Gary Cox
Electoral Rules and Electoral Co-Ordination
Rekha Diwakar
Duverger's Law and the Size of the Indian Party System
Maurice Duverger
Political Parties
Maurice Duverger
Duverger's Law
Arend Lijphart
The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws, 1945-85
Shaheen Mozaffar, James Scarritt and Glen Galaich
Electoral Institutions, Ethnopolitical Cleavages and Party Systems in Africa's Emerging Party Systems
Peter Ordeshook and Olga Shvetsova
Ethnic Heterogeneity, District Magnitude and the Number of Parties
Steven Reed
Structure and Behaviour
Rein Taagepera and Mirjam Allik
Seat Share Distribution of Parties
Margit Tavits and Taavi Annus
Learning to Make Votes Count
VOLUME THREE: ELECTORAL SYSTEM DESIGN AND REFORM
Andre Blais, Agnieszka Dobrzynska and Indridi Indridason
To Adopt or Not to Adopt Proportional Representation
Carles Boix
Setting the Rules of the Game
Shaun Bowler, David Farrell and Philip Pettitt
Expert Opinion on Electoral Systems
Matt Golder
Democratic Electoral Systems around the World, 1946-2000
Allen Hicken and Yuko Kasuya
A Guide to the Constitutional Structures and Electoral Systems of East, South and Southeast Asia
Gideon Rahat
The Study of the Politics of Electoral Reform in the 1990s
Steven Reed
Evaluating Political Reform in Japan
Ben Reilly
Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Matthew Shugart
Electoral 'Efficiency' and the Move to Mixed-Member Systems
Robert Darcy and Ian McAllister
Ballot Position Effects
Ben Reilly
Preferential Voting and Political Engineering
Kenneth Benoit
Electoral Laws as Political Consequences
VOLUME FOUR: GEOGRAPHY AND INTRA-PARTY TRENDS
PART ONE: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND GEOGRAPHY
Burt Monroe and Amanda Rose
Electoral Systems and Unimagined Consequences
David Samuels and Richard Snyder
The Value of a Vote
Michael Latner and Anthony McGann
Geographical Representation under Proportional Representation
Scott Morgenstern and Richard Potthoff
The Components of Elections
Shigeo Hirano
Electoral Institutions, Hometowns and Favored Minorities
PART TWO: THE INTRA-PARTY DIMENSION
Shaun Bowler and David Farrell
Legislator Shirking and Voter Monitoring
John Carey
Competing Principals, Political Institutions and Party Unity in Legislative Voting
John Carey and Matthew Shugart
Incentives to Cultivate a Personal Vote
Bernard Grofman
Comparisons among Electoral Systems
Matthew Shugart, Melody Valdini and Kati Suominen
Looking for Locals
Wilma Rule
Electoral Systems, Contextual Factors and Women's Opportunity for Election in 23 Democracies
VOLUME FIVE: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Christopher Anderson and Christine Guillory
Political Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy
Kathlenn Bawn and Michael Thies
A Comparative Theory of Electoral Incentives
David Farrell and Ian McAllister
Voter Satisfaction and Electoral Systems
Arend Lijphart
Democracies
John Huber and G. Bingham Powell Jr.
Congruence between Citizens and Policy Makers in Two Visions of Liberal Democracy
Pippa Norris
Ballots not Bullets
Octavio Neto and Gary Cox
Electoral Institutions, Cleavage Structures and the Number of Parties
André Blais and R. Kenneth Carty
Does Proportional Representation Foster Voter Turnout
Eric Chang and Miriam Golden
Electoral Systems, District Magnitude and Corruption
Mark Hallerberg and Patrik Marier
Executive Authority, the Personal Vote and Budget Discipline in Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Jana Kunicová and Susan Rose-Ackerman
Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption
Brian Crisp et al
Vote-Seeking Incentives and Legislative Representation in Six Presidential Democracies
VOLUME SIX: PARTICULAR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Barry Ames
Electoral Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation
André Blais and Indridi Indridason
Making Candidates Count
Adrian Blau
A Quadruple Whammy for First-Past-the-Post
Sarah Birch
Single-Member District Electoral Systems and Democratic Transition
David Farrell, Malcolm Mackerras and Ian McAllister
Designing Electoral Institutions
Federico Ferrara and Erik Herron
Going It Alone? Strategic Entry under Mixed Electoral Rules
Erik Herron and Misa Nishikawa
Contamination Effects and the Number of Parties in Mixed-Superposition Electoral Systems
Jon Fraenkel and Bernard Grofman
Does the Alternative Vote Foster Moderation in Ethnically Divided Societies? The Case of Fiji
Ignacio Lago and Ferran Martínez
The Importance of Electoral Rules
Robert Moser and Ethan Scheiner
Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects
Misa Nishikawa and Erik Herron
'Mixed Electoral Rules' Impact on Party Systems
R. Pekkanen, B. Nyblade and E.S. Kraus
Electoral Incentives in Mixed-Member Systems
Matthew Shugart and Martin Wattenberg
Mixed-Member Electoral Systems