Institutions 'matter' to electoral reform advocates and political scientists - both argue that variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials and citizens behave. Change the rules, and citizen engagement with politics can be renewed. Yet a look at the record of electoral reform reveals a string of disappointments. This book examines a variety of reforms, including campaign finance, direct democracy, legislative term limits and changes to the electoral system itself. This study finds electoral reforms have limited, and in many cases, no effects. Despite reform advocates' claims, and contrary to the 'institutions matter' literature, findings here suggest there are hard limits to effects of electoral reform.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199695409
eBay Product ID (ePID)
140035313
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Sociology
Author
Todd Donovan, Shaun Bowler
Publication Name
The Limits of Electoral Reform
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
432g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan
Series Title
Comparative Politics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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