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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460312603321

Titolo

Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on an embedded institution / / edited by Shaun Bowler and Bernard Grofman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2000

ISBN

1-282-64460-2

9786612644603

0-472-02681-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BowlerShaun <1958->

GrofmanBernard

Disciplina

324.6/5

Soggetti

Single transferable voting

Single transferable voting - Australia

Single transferable voting - Ireland

Single transferable voting - Malta

Single transferable voting - Canada

Preferential ballot

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: STV as an Embedded Institution / Shaun Bowler and Bernard Grofman""; ""Overview: Preferential Electoral Systems""; ""Through a Glass Darkly: Understanding the World of STV / David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister""; ""The Single Transferable Vote and the Alternative Vote Compared / Ben Reilly and Michael Maley""; ""A Sophisticated Voter Model of Preferential Electoral Systems / Neal G. Jesse""; ""STV in Ireland""; ""The (Relatively) Victorious Incumbent under PR-STV: Legislative Turnover in Ireland and Malta / Michael Gallagher""

""Candidate Centered but Party Wrapped: Campaigning in Ireland under STV / Michael Marsh""""STV and the Politics of Coalition / Michael Laver""; ""STV in Australia, Malta, and Canada""; ""STV in Australia /



Colin A. Hughes""; ""Malta: STV in a Two-Party System / Wolfgang Hirczy de Miño and John C. Lane""; ""Learning History's Lessons Anew: The Use of STV in Canadian Municipal Elections / J. Paul Johnston and Miriam Koene""; ""A Comparison of Improved STV Methods / Nicolaus Tideman and Daniel Richardson""

""Conclusion: STV's Place in the Family of Electoral Systems / Shaun Bowler and Bernard Grofman""""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""