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Origin of Electoral Systems in the Postwar Era

Krister Lundell
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choice
colonial legacy impact
comparative politics
cross-national electoral system adoption
Democratic Sample
diffusion
diffusion of political systems
Electoral Formulas
Electoral System
Electoral System Change
Electoral System Choice
Electoral System Design
Entire Data Sample
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French Legacy
institutional theory
List PR System
mixed
MMP System
Multimember Districts
Multinomial Logistic Regression
multivariate analysis methods
Nagelkerke Values
party
Party System Structure
Party System Transformation
plurality
PR System
proportional
Proportional List Systems
Proportional Seat Allocation
Proportional Systems
regional
Regional Diffusion
Separate Binary Logistic Regressions
Single Member Districts
Single Member Plurality
SMP
structure
temporal
Total Research Population
transformation
voting system selection

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415477147
  • Weight: 385g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Aug 2009
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

This book explores and presents the influence of contextual factors on the choice of electoral systems for parliamentary elections in both democracies and non-democracies around the world.

Taking a macroscopic approach, the author focuses on structural explanations, with an emphasis on general patterns rather than country specific explanations. Drawn from a wealth of data, the book presents the frequency of the adoption of each electoral formula and system in the postwar era and is followed by a theoretical elaboration of electoral system choice. The author then draws on rational, cultural/historical and institutional theories which are systematically analyzed by means of sophisticated bivariate and multivariate techniques. Lundell demonstrates that few electoral systems have been chosen from rational considerations and the impact of the cultural and historical setting is tremendous; colonial legacy, regional influence and temporal trends largely explain the cross-national variation in electoral systems.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, electoral politics and comparative politics.
About Krister Lundell
Krister Lundell is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. His previous publications include Determinants of Candidate Selection: The Degree of Centralization in Comparative Perspective.

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