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Predicting Party Sizes - The Logic of Simple Electoral Systems (Hardcover)
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Predicting Party Sizes - The Logic of Simple Electoral Systems (Hardcover)
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For a given electoral system, what average number and sizes of
parties and government duration can we expect? Predicting Party
Sizes is the first book to make specific predictions that agree
with world averages. The basic factors are the numbers of seats in
the assembly and in the average electoral district. While previous
models tell us only the direction in which to change the electoral
system, the present ones also tell us by how much they must be
changed so as to obtain the desired change in average number of
parties and cabinet duration. Hence, combined with known
particularities of a country, they can be used for informed
institutional design.
The book is useful to three types of readers: political science
students learning the basics of electoral systems and their
political consequences; practitioners of politics who consider
changing the electoral laws; and researchers intent on connecting
electoral and party systems. The book is structured accordingly.
Chapters start with advice and recipes for practicing politicians,
in non-technical language. The main text gives students an overview
of electoral systems, worldwide, and supplies evidence for models
that tie simple electoral systems (First-Past-The-Post and List
Proportional Representation) to the number and sizes of parties and
government duration. Chapter appendices present derivations of
these models and other more technical issues of interest to
researchers.
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