This book evaluates why mixed-member systems have recently appealed to many countries with diverse electoral histories, and how well expectations for these systems have been met. Each major country that has adopted a mixed system is given two chapters, one on origins and one on consequences. The countries examined are Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, Japan, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Hungary, and Russia. In addition, there are chapters on the prospects for a mixed-member system being adopted in Britain and Canada.
Introduction: The Electoral Reform of the Twenty-first Century?,Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg Part I: Placing Mixed-Member Systems in the World of Electoral Systems Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: A Definition and Typology,Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg Extreme Electoral Systems and the Appeal of the Mixed-Member Alternative,Matthew Shugart Part II: Origins of Mixed-Member Systems Germany: The Mixed-Member System as a Political Compromise,Susan E. Scarrow Choosing MMP in New Zealand: Explaining the 1993 Electoral Reform,David Denemark Reforming the Italian Electoral Law, 1993,Richard S. Katz The Politics of Reform in Israel: How the Israeli Mixed System Came to Be,Gideon Rahat The Causes of Electoral Reform in Japan,Steven R. Reed and Michael F. Thies The Sources of Electoral Reform in Venezuela,Brian F. Crisp and Juan Carlos Rey Electoral Reform in Bolivia: Origins of the Mixed-Member Proportional System,Ren? Antonio Mayorga Reforming Electoral Systems in Mexico,Juan Molinar Horcasitas and Jeffrey Weldon Hedging Against Uncertainty: Regime Change and the Origins of Hungary's Mixed-Member System,John W. Schiemann Compromise Amidst Political Conflict: The Origins of Russia's Mixed-Member System,Robert G. Moser and Frank C. Thl3&
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