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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 | |