The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

Book Overview

Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules influence political behavior. They firmly believe, for example, that candidates running in plurality systems are better known and held more accountable to their constituencies than candidates competing in elections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199642397
• ISBN13: 9780199642397
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"