Mixed electoral systems : contamination and its consequences

Mixed electoral systems : contamination and its consequences /

Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behavior, legislative cohesion and the overall structure of partisan competition.

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Main Author: Ferrara, Federico
Other Authors: Herron, Erik S., Nishikawa, Misa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Subjects:
Elections.
Representative government and representation.
Comparative government.
elections.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A New Species of Electoral Institutions? Relative Causal Inference and the Study of Mixed Electoral Systems
  • A Taxonomy of Mixed Electoral Systems
  • The Logic of Contamination: District-Level Party Systems
  • Going It Alone? Strategic Nominations in Mixed Electoral Systems
  • Interactive Ballots: The Microfoundations of Contamination
  • Voting from their Hearts? Contamination and Strategic Voting
  • Eyeing the Futire: Contamination and Legislative Behavior
  • Better, Worse, or Just Different? Legislative Fractionalization in Mixed Systems.

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