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Electoral Rules and Electoral Reform in Canada
2003Abstract The puzzle addressed by this chapter is why electoral reform for the Canadian House of Commons has so rarely made it to the agenda, let alone to adoption, despite the existence of widely recognized problems with the current electoral system, the experience of several rounds of constitutional reform in which the issue could have ...
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Party Politics, 1999
Japan, Italy and New Zealand changed their electoral systems to similar (though also significantly different) mixed systems combining single-member districts and proportional representation in the early 1990s. I examine the reasons for these three reforms being enacted, showing that while common symptoms of system failures were important in setting the
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Japan, Italy and New Zealand changed their electoral systems to similar (though also significantly different) mixed systems combining single-member districts and proportional representation in the early 1990s. I examine the reasons for these three reforms being enacted, showing that while common symptoms of system failures were important in setting the
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1998
Abstract In the twenty years before 1865 the cause of franchise reform, though it generated sporadic bouts of ill-coordinated activity, came at times to resemble nothing so much as a corpse on the dissecting table. Its supporters—bereft of influence, cohesion, and staying power—remained rich only in the ability to irritate and to bore.
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Abstract In the twenty years before 1865 the cause of franchise reform, though it generated sporadic bouts of ill-coordinated activity, came at times to resemble nothing so much as a corpse on the dissecting table. Its supporters—bereft of influence, cohesion, and staying power—remained rich only in the ability to irritate and to bore.
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Caribbean Quarterly, 1981
(1981). Electoral Reform in Jamaica. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 27, Electoral Politics, pp. 20-31.
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(1981). Electoral Reform in Jamaica. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 27, Electoral Politics, pp. 20-31.
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Do electoral reforms tend to favour the incumbents? A quantitative analysis
Acta Politica, 2022Veronika Patkós
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The Politics of Electoral Reform
2010Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to understand how the rules governing those elections are chosen. Drawing on both broad comparisons and detailed case studies, it focuses upon the electoral rules that govern what sorts of preferences voters can express and how votes translate into seats in a legislature.
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The short-term effects of electoral reforms
Party Politics, 2023Ferrán Martínez I Coma, Ignacio Lago
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