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Mixed-Member Electoral Systems

By Shugart, Matthew Soberg

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Mixed-Member Electoral Systems

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Mixed-member electoral systems may well be the electoral reform of the 21st century. In the view of many electoral reformers, mixed-member systems offer the best of both the traditional British single-seat district system and PR systems. This book seeks to evaluate: why mixed-member systems have recently appealed to many countries with diverse electoral histories; and how well expectations for these systems have been met. Each major country, which has adopted a mixed system thus, has two chapters in this book, one on origins and one on consequences. These countries are Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, Japan, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Hungary, and Russia. In addition, there are also chapters on the prospects for a mixed-member system being adopted in Britain and Canada, respectively.

The material presented suggests that mixed-member systems have been largely successful thus far. They appear to be more likely than most other electoral systems to generate two-bloc party systems, without in the process reducing minor parties to insignificance. In addition, they are more likely than any other class of electoral system to simultaneously generate local accountability as well as a nationally-oriented party system.

Mixed-member electoral systems have now joined majoritarian and proportional systems as basic options which must be considered whenever electoral systems are designed or redesigned. Such a development represents a fundamental change in thinking about electoral systems around the world.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
684
Release Date:
2003-02-06
Publication Date:
2003-02-06
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019925768X
ISBN13:
9780199257683
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[email protected]
Weight:
1021 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
36 cm
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