Electoral systems and democracy / edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner
- Published:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Diamond, Larry Jay and Plattner, Marc F., 1945-
- Series:
- Contents:
- A primer for decision makers / Donald L. Horowitz -- A global snapshot / Richard W. Soudriette and Andrew Ellis -- Dealing with divided societies / Benjamin Reilly -- The case for power sharing / Arend Lijphart -- The impact of federalism / R. Kent Weaver -- Constitutional choices for new democracies / Arend Lijphart -- The problem with PR / Guy Lardeyret -- PR and democratic statecraft / Quentin L. Quade -- Double-checking for evidence / Arend Lijphart -- The primacy of the particular / Ken Gladdish -- Constitutional engineering in southern Africa / Andrew Reynolds -- Comment : elections in agrarian societies / Joel D. Barkan -- Rejoinder : the case for proportionality / Andrew Reynolds -- Electoral reform and stability in Uruguay / Jeffrey Cason -- Devaluing the vote in Latin America / Richard Snyder and David Samuels -- Why direct election failed in Israel / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- The politics of reform in Japan and Taiwan / Jih-wen Lin -- The curious case of Afghanistan / Andrew Reynolds -- Iraq's year of voting dangerously / Adeed Dawisha and Larry Diamond.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0801884748 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801884740 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801884756 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801884757 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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