The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is often seen in very
positive terms by electoral reformers, yet relatively little is
known about its actual workings beyond one or two specific
settings. This book gathers leading experts on STV from around the
world to discuss the examples they know best, and represents the
first systematic cross-national study of STV. Furthermore, the
contributors collectively build an understanding of electoral
systems as institutions embedded within a wider social and
political context, and begins to explain the gap between analytical
models and the actual practice of elections in Australia, Ireland,
and Malta. Rather than seeing electoral institutions in purely
mechanical terms, the collection of essays in this volume shows
that the effects of electoral system may be contingent rather than
automatic. On the basis of solid empirical evidence, the volume
argues that the same political system can, in fact, have quite
different effects under different conditions.
Contributors to the volume are Shaun Bowler, David Farrell, Michael
Gallagher, Bernard Grofman, Wolfgang Hirczy, Colin Hughes, J. Paul
Johnston, Michael Laver, Malcom Mackerras, Michael Maley, Michael
Marsh, Ian McAllister, and Ben Reilly.
Shaun Bowler is Professor of Political Science, University of
California, Riverside. Bernard Grofman is Professor of Political
Science, University of California, Irvine.
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