Personal representation is an essential element to achieve a high quality of democracy. Many studies of electoral systems, by focusing on the allocation of seats to parties, have neglected the study of this essential dimension. In democratic countries a huge variety of ballot forms and rules exist to vote for individual candidates and to allocate seats to persons. This book studies different voting procedures and formulas for personal representation, their origins and consequences, their compatibility with party representation and the strategies and normative criteria for electoral system choice. This book provides: - a ground-breaking study of voting procedures and formulas ballot forms and rules to allocate seats to persons; - a discussion on the relationship between party representation and personal representation; - new empirical data on voting forms; - an innovative classification of electoral systems; - reproductions of ballots from different countries; - comparative and single-case studies of different rules for candidate selection and for voting for individual candidates.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
ISBN-13
9781907301575
eBay Product ID (ePID)
158325216
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Josep M Colomer
Publication Name
Personal Representation: the Neglected Dimension of Electoral Systems
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
154g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Josep M Colomer
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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