DemocracyandElections
- 作者
- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 1983年8月
- ISBN 9780521272827
- 定价 220.40
内容简介
Originallypublishedin1983,DemocracyandElectionsanalysesthemainelectoralsystemsofmoderndemocracies,andplacesthemintheirinstitutionalandhistoricalcontext.AdistinguishedgroupofcontributorsprovideinterpretationsoftheelectoralsystemsoftheEECcountriesandJapan,andassessthewaysinwhichdifferentelectoralsystemsaffectthepoliticalpracticeofeachcountry.Ifthebookhasasingletheme,itisthatoneshouldbescepticalaboutattributingfixedqualitiestoelectoralsystems.Althoughamongstthequantifiableofpoliticalphenomena,theydonotconformtomechanisticrules,butmustbeunderstoodintermsofthehistoricalexperienceandculturaloutlookofdifferentsocieties.Whatisstrikingisthegreatvarietyofwaysinwhichdifferentcountrieshaveattemptedtomeettheproblemoftranslatingvotesintoseats.
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