Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain [Hardcover]

Lundberg critically examines the claim that party list-elected members of Britain's devolved assemblies, in Wales and Scotland, are somehow 'second-class' representatives. Although list-elected representatives in Britain have a different constituency role, these representatives add an important element of pluralism to Britain's politics.Introduction: More Pluralism in Representation Proportional Representation and Constituency Representation Representative Roles and Electoral Incentives Evidence for the Electoral Incentive List Representatives and their Constituencies Competition between Constituency and List Representatives Conclusion: Coming to Terms with PluralismTHOMAS CARL LUNDBERG is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has published articles on electoral system change in Representation, Parliamentary Affairs, Government and Opposition and The Political Quarterly.