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Foreword | |
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Preface to the Hardback Edition | |
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Preface to the Paperback Edition | |
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List of Tables | |
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List of Figures | |
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Notes on Contributors | |
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Introduction: Electoral Systems and Electoral Systems Research | |
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Introduction to Electoral Systems | |
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Comparative Electoral Systems Research: The Maturation of a Field and New Challenges Ahead | |
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Why are There so Many (or so Few) Electoral Reforms? | |
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Single-Member Constituency Systems | |
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Australia: The Alternative Vote in a Compliant Political Culture | |
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Canada: Sticking to First-Past-the-Post, for the Time Being | |
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France: Stacking the Deck | |
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India: Two-Party Contests within a Multiparty System | |
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The United Kingdom: Plurality Rule under Siege | |
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The United States of America: Perpetual Campaigning in the Absence of Competition | |
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Mixed Systems | |
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Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System | |
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Hungary: Holding back the Tiers | |
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Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism | |
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Japan: Haltingly Toward a Two-Party System | |
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New Zealand: The Consolidation of Reform? | |
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Russia: The Authoritarian Adaptation of an Electoral System | |
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Closed-List Systems | |
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Israel: The Politics of an Extreme Electoral System | |
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South Africa: One Party Dominance Despite Perfect Proportionality | |
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Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes | |
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Preferential List Systems and PR-STV | |
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Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects | |
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Belgium: Empowering Voters or Party Elites? | |
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Chile: The Unexpected (and Expected) Consequences of Electoral Engineering | |
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Denmark: Simplicity Embedded in Complexity (or Is it the Other Way Round?) | |
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Finland: One Hundred Years of Quietude | |
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The Netherlands: The Sanctity of Proportionality | |
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Ireland: The Discreet Charm of PR-STV | |
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Conclusion | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Mechanics of Electoral Systems | |
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Indices of Fragmentation and Disproportionality | |
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Effective Threshold and Effective Magnitude | |
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Values of Indices for 22 Countries at Most Recent Election | |
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Websites Related to Elections, Election Results and Electoral Systems | |
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Glossary | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Index | |