Format:
1 online resource (480 pages)
ISBN:
9780472027125
Content:
Considers how electoral rules affect election results and argues that the impact of the same electoral systems is different from one culture to another.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Methodological Steps toward the Study of Embedded Institutions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Choices: The Politics of Electoral Engineering -- The Politics of Reform in Japan's Lower House Electoral System -- Politics of Electoral Reforms and Practices: The Case of Korean SNTV Elections under the Yushin Constitution -- Manipulating the Electoral System under the SNTV: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan -- Part 2. Campaigning under SNTV -- Organizing One's Support Base under the SNTV: The Case of Japanese "Koenkai" -- Campaigning for the Japanese Diet -- Candidate Evaluation and Voting Choice under the Japanese Electoral System -- Campaigning in an SNTV System: The Case of the Kuomintang in Taiwan -- Part 3. The Consequences of SNTV for Factions and Parties -- The Fragmentation Effect of SNTV in Japan -- The SNTV and the Politics of Electoral Systems in Korea -- The Votes Mattered: Decreasing Party Support under the Two-Member-District SNTV in Korea (1973-1978) -- Electoral Equilibria on Taiwan -- Part 4. Classification and Comparisons: The Place of SNTV in the Family of Electoral Systems -- SNTV and STV Compared: Their Political Consequences in Japan, Ireland, and Malta -- Measuring the Ties That Bind: Electoral Cohesiveness in Four Democracies -- SNTV, STV, and Single-Member-District Systems: Theoretical Comparisons and Contrasts -- Part 5. SNTV in Comparative Context -- The Electoral Economy of SNTV in Japan and Taiwan -- Seat Bonuses under the Single Non-Transferable Vote System: Evidence from Japan and Taiwan -- SNTV: An Inventory of Theoretically Derived Propositions and a Brief Review of the Evidence from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Alabama -- References -- Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780472109098
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780472109098
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414958
