Electoral Systems and Democracy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

AvLarry Diamond,Marc F. Plattner,Stanford University) Diamond, Larry (Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law,National Endowment for Democracy) Plattner, Marc F. (Editor,Marc F Plattner

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The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy series addresses electoral systems and democracy. As the number of democracies has increased around the world, a heated debate has emerged among experts about which system best promotes the consolidation of democracy. Is proportional representation, a majoritarian system, a mixture of the two, or some other system the best for new democracies? This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Contributors: Joel D. Barkan, Jeffrey Cason, Adeed Dawisha, Larry Diamond, Andrew Ellis, Ken Gladdish, Donald Horowitz, Guy Lardeyret, Arend Lijphart, Jih-wen Lin, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Marc F. Plattner, Quentin L. Quade, Benjamin Reilly, Andrew Reynolds, David Samuels, Richard Snyder, Richard Soudriette, R. Kent Weaver

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Utgivningsdatum2006-10-27
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieA Journal of Democracy Book
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801884740

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Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. They serve as codirectors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and coeditors of the Journal of Democracy, as well as of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including The Global Divergence of Democracies, Islam and Democracy in the Middle East, and Democracy after Communism.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Electorial Systems and Institutional Design1. A Primer for Decision Makers2. A Gobal Snapshot3. Dealing with Divided Societies4. The Case for Power Sharing5. The Impact of FederalismII. Is Proportional Representation Best?6. Constitutional Choices for New Democracies7. The Problem with PR8. PR and Democratic Statecraft9. Double-Checking the Evidence10. The Primary of the ParticularIII. Country and Regional Experiences11. Constitutional Engineering in Southern Africa12. Comment: Elections in Agrarian Societies13. Rejoinder: The Case for Proportionality14. Electoral Reform and Stability in Uruguary15. Devaluing the Vote in Latin America16. Why Direct Election Failed in Israel17. The Politics of Reform in Japan and Taiwan18. The Curious Case of Afghanistan19. Iraq's Year of Voting DangerouslyIndex