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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345134403321

Autore

Roper Juliet

Titolo

The politics of representation : election campaigning and proportional representation / / Juliet Roper, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Gianpietro Mazzoleni [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Peter Lang, c2004

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Frontiers in political communications ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

Holtz-BachaChristina

MazzoleniGianpietro

Disciplina

324.7

Soggetti

Proportional representation

Democracy

Political campaigns

Aufsatzsammlung

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-185).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Proportional Representation and Democracy -- Germany: The "German Model" and Its Intricacies -- New Zealand: The Popular Overthrow of an Electoral System -- Italy: Proportional Vote: The Last Refuge For Old Party System? -- Introduction: The Modernization of Election Campaign Practices -- Germany: From Modern to Postmodern Campaign -- New Zealand: Adapting to Proportional Representation -- Italy: Playing in the Majoritarian and Looking at the Proportional -- The United States: Media Spectacle and Election 2000 / Douglas Kellner.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this new book, an international team of experts critically examines issues of democratic representation in three culturally diverse nations whose governments are elected under systems of proportional representation - New Zealand, Germany, and Italy. The authors examine the power plays at work in the development and implementation of proportional representation in their respective countries and they consider the ways in which the electoral system has impacted election campaign strategies. The final chapter by Douglas Kellner (George F.

Kellner Philosophy of Education Chair, Social Sciences and Comparative



Education, UCLA) relates the issue to contemporary politics in the United States by using the 2000 U.S. presidential election to investigate the ways in which democracy is served, and disserved, by the electoral system."--Jacket.