Electoral systems : a comparative introduction / David M. Farrell.
By: Farrell, David M [author.]
Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: Second editionDescription: xiii, 279 pages : illustrationsContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781403912312; 9780230546783Subject(s): Electoral systems | Electoral reform -- Great Britain | Representative government and representation | Proportional representation | Voting | Political partiesDDC classification: 324.63 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 324.63 FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013761 |
Previous edition 2001.
Machine generated contents note: -- The Study of Electoral Systems -- The Single Member Plurality System and its Cousins -- Majority Electoral Systems : Two-Round Systems and the Alternative Vote -- The List Systems of Proportional Representation -- Mixed-Member Systems -- The Single Transferable Vote System of Proportional Representation -- The Consequences of Electoral Systems -- The Politics of Electoral System Design -- Electoral Systems and Electoral Institutions -- Electoral Systems and Stability.
"Electoral Systems examines the six principle types of electoral system currently in use in more than seventy of the world's democracies. A common format is adopted throughout, dealing with explanations of how the system operates and its effects on the political system."-- Provided by publisher.