Mixed Electoral Systems: Contamination and Its Consequences

By Erik S Herron, Misa Nishikawa, Federico Ferrara, et al.

Book Overview

Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall structure of partisan competition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349532568
• ISBN13: 9781349532568
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"