Electoral Systems

VOLUME ONE: GENERAL
The Classification of Electoral Systems - Andre Blais
The Field of Electoral Systems Research - Arend Lijphart
A Critical Survey
How the World Votes - Andrew Reynolds and Marco Steenbergen
The Political Consequences of Ballot Design, Innovation and Manipulation
Electoral Systems - Rein Taagepera
Proportionality, Disproportionality and Electoral Systems - Michael Gallagher
Effective Number of Parties - Markku Laakso and Rein Taagepera
A Measure with Application to West Europe
The Theoretical Limits of Maximum Distortion - John Loosemore and Victor Hanby
Some Analytic Expressions for Electoral Systems
Mapping the Indices of Seat-Votes Disproportionality and Inter-Election Volatility - Rein Taagepera and Bernard Grofman
VOLUME TWO: DUVERGER'S LAW
The Endogeneity Problem in Electoral Studies - Kenneth Benoit
A Critical Re-Examination of Duverger's Mechanical Effect
The Psychological Impact of Electoral Laws - Andre Blais and R.K. Carty
Measuring Duverger's Elusive Factor
It's Parties That Choose Electoral Systems (or, Duverger's Laws upside down) - Josep Colomer
Electoral Rules and Electoral Co-Ordination - Gary Cox
Duverger's Law and the Size of the Indian Party System - Rekha Diwakar
Political Parties - Maurice Duverger
Their Organization and Activity in the Modern State
Duverger's Law - Maurice Duverger
Forty Years Later
The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws, 1945-85 - Arend Lijphart
Electoral Institutions, Ethnopolitical Cleavages and Party Systems in Africa's Emerging Party Systems - Shaheen Mozaffar, James Scarritt and Glen Galaich
Ethnic Heterogeneity, District Magnitude and the Number of Parties - Peter Ordeshook and Olga Shvetsova
Structure and Behaviour - Steven Reed
Extending Duverger's Law to the Japanese Case
Seat Share Distribution of Parties - Rein Taagepera and Mirjam Allik
Models and Empirical Patterns
Learning to Make Votes Count - Margit Tavits and Taavi Annus
The Role of Democratic Experience
VOLUME THREE: ELECTORAL SYSTEM DESIGN AND REFORM
To Adopt or Not to Adopt Proportional Representation - Andre Blais, Agnieszka Dobrzynska and Indridi Indridason
The Politics of Institutional Choice
Setting the Rules of the Game - Carles Boix
The Choice of Electoral Systems in Advanced Democracies
Expert Opinion on Electoral Systems - Shaun Bowler, David Farrell and Philip Pettitt
So Which Electoral System Is 'Best'?
Democratic Electoral Systems around the World, 1946-2000 - Matt Golder
A Guide to the Constitutional Structures and Electoral Systems of East, South and Southeast Asia - Allen Hicken and Yuko Kasuya
The Study of the Politics of Electoral Reform in the 1990s - Gideon Rahat
Theoretical and Methodological Lessons
Evaluating Political Reform in Japan - Steven Reed
A Mid-Term Report
Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region - Ben Reilly
Is There an 'Asian Model' of Democracy?
Electoral 'Efficiency' and the Move to Mixed-Member Systems - Matthew Shugart
Ballot Position Effects - Robert Darcy and Ian McAllister
Preferential Voting and Political Engineering - Ben Reilly
A Comparative Study
Electoral Laws as Political Consequences - Kenneth Benoit
Explaining the Origins and Change of Electoral Institutions
VOLUME FOUR: GEOGRAPHY AND INTRA-PARTY TRENDS
PART ONE: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND GEOGRAPHY
Electoral Systems and Unimagined Consequences - Burt Monroe and Amanda Rose
Partisan Effects of Districted Proportional Representation
The Value of a Vote - David Samuels and Richard Snyder
Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective
Geographical Representation under Proportional Representation - Michael Latner and Anthony McGann
The Cases of Israel and The Netherlands
The Components of Elections - Scott Morgenstern and Richard Potthoff
District Heterogeneity, District-Time Effects and Volatility
Electoral Institutions, Hometowns and Favored Minorities - Shigeo Hirano
Evidence from Japanese Electoral Reforms
PART TWO: THE INTRA-PARTY DIMENSION
Legislator Shirking and Voter Monitoring - Shaun Bowler and David Farrell
Impacts of European Parliament Electoral Systems upon Legislator-Voter Relationships
Competing Principals, Political Institutions and Party Unity in Legislative Voting - John Carey
Incentives to Cultivate a Personal Vote - John Carey and Matthew Shugart
Comparisons among Electoral Systems - Bernard Grofman
Distinguishing between Localism and Candidate-Centered Politics
Looking for Locals - Matthew Shugart, Melody Valdini and Kati Suominen
Voter Information Demands and Personal Vote-Earning Attributes of Legislators under Proportional Representation
Electoral Systems, Contextual Factors and Women's Opportunity for Election in 23 Democracies - Wilma Rule
VOLUME FIVE: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Political Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy - Christopher Anderson and Christine Guillory
A Cross-National Analysis of Consensus and Majoritarian Systems
A Comparative Theory of Electoral Incentives - Kathlenn Bawn and Michael Thies
Representing the Unorganized under PR, Plurality and Mixed-Member Electoral Systems
Voter Satisfaction and Electoral Systems - David Farrell and Ian McAllister
Does Preferential Voting in Candidate-Centred Systems Make a Difference?
Democracies - Arend Lijphart
Forms, Performance and Constitutional Engineering
Congruence between Citizens and Policy Makers in Two Visions of Liberal Democracy - John Huber and G. Bingham Powell Jr.
Ballots not Bullets - Pippa Norris
Testing Consociational Theories of Ethnic Conflict, Electoral Systems and Democratization
Electoral Institutions, Cleavage Structures and the Number of Parties - Octavio Neto and Gary Cox
Does Proportional Representation Foster Voter Turnout - Andre Blais and R. Kenneth Carty
Electoral Systems, District Magnitude and Corruption - Eric Chang and Miriam Golden
Executive Authority, the Personal Vote and Budget Discipline in Latin American and Caribbean Countries - Mark Hallerberg and Patrik Marier
Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption - Jana Kunicova and Susan Rose-Ackerman
Vote-Seeking Incentives and Legislative Representation in Six Presidential Democracies - Brian Crisp et al
VOLUME SIX: PARTICULAR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Electoral Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation - Barry Ames
Making Candidates Count - Andre Blais and Indridi Indridason
The Logic of Electoral Alliances in Two-Round Legislative Elections
A Quadruple Whammy for First-Past-the-Post - Adrian Blau
Single-Member District Electoral Systems and Democratic Transition - Sarah Birch
Designing Electoral Institutions - David Farrell, Malcolm Mackerras and Ian McAllister
Varieties of STV Systems
Going It Alone? Strategic Entry under Mixed Electoral Rules - Federico Ferrara and Erik Herron
Contamination Effects and the Number of Parties in Mixed-Superposition Electoral Systems - Erik Herron and Misa Nishikawa
Does the Alternative Vote Foster Moderation in Ethnically Divided Societies? The Case of Fiji - Jon Fraenkel and Bernard Grofman
The Importance of Electoral Rules - Ignacio Lago and Ferran Martinez
Comparing the Number of Parties in Spain's Lower and Upper Houses
Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects - Robert Moser and Ethan Scheiner
Controlled Comparison and Cross-National Analysis
'Mixed Electoral Rules' Impact on Party Systems - Misa Nishikawa and Erik Herron
Electoral Incentives in Mixed-Member Systems - R. Pekkanen, B. Nyblade and E.S. Kraus
Party, Posts and Zombie Politicians in Japan
Mixed-Member Electoral Systems - Matthew Shugart and Martin Wattenberg
The Best of Both Worlds?