Electoral Engineering Voting Rules and Political Behavior [Paperback]

Compares the consequences of electoral rules for many dimensions of political representations and voting behavior.This book compares the consequences of electoral rules and cultural modernization for many dimensions of political representations and voting behavior, including patterns of party competition, the strength of social cleavages and party loyalties, levels of turnout, the gender and ethnic diversity of parliaments, and the provisions of constituency service. Systematic evidence is drawn the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems based on surveys of parliamentary and presidential contests held over thirty countries. The study covers elections held from 1996 to 2002 in newer and established democracies ranging from the United States, Australia, and Switzerland to Peru, Taiwan and Ukraine.This book compares the consequences of electoral rules and cultural modernization for many dimensions of political representations and voting behavior, including patterns of party competition, the strength of social cleavages and party loyalties, levels of turnout, the gender and ethnic diversity of parliaments, and the provisions of constituency service. Systematic evidence is drawn the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems based on surveys of parliamentary and presidential contests held over thirty countries. The study covers elections held from 1996 to 2002 in newer and established democracies ranging from the United States, Australia, and Switzerland to Peru, Taiwan and Ukraine.This book compares the consequences of electoral rules and cultural modernization for many dimensions of political representations and voting behavior. It includes patterns of party competition, the strength of social cleavages and party loyalties, levels of turnout, the gender and ethnic diversity of parliaments, and the provisions of constituency service. The study covers elections held from 1996 to 2002 in newer as well as established democracies that range from the U.S., Australia, and Switzerl&