Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to
understand how the rules governing those elections are chosen.
Drawing on both broad comparisons and detailed case studies, it
focuses upon the electoral rules that govern what sorts of
preferences voters can express and how votes translate into seats
in a legislature. Through detailed examination of electoral reform
politics in four countries (France, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand),
Alan Renwick shows how major electoral system changes in
established democracies occur through two contrasting types of
reform process. Renwick rejects the simple view that electoral
systems always straightforwardly reflect the interests of the
politicians in power. Politicians' motivations are complex;
politicians are sometimes unable to pursue reforms they want;
occasionally, they are forced to accept reforms they oppose. The
Politics of Electoral Reform shows how voters and reform activists
can have real power over electoral reform.
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