1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000013780

Autore

Meyer, Paul-André

Titolo

Processus de Markov / Paul-Andre Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin [etc.] : Springer, 1967

Descrizione fisica

189 p. ; 28 cm.

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics ; 26

Disciplina

519.233

Soggetti

Catene di Markov

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782102003321

Titolo

Redistricting in comparative perspective [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lisa Handley and Bernard Grofman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-03612-8

1-281-77000-0

9786611770006

0-19-155170-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Comparative politics

Altri autori (Persone)

HandleyLisa

GrofmanBernard

Disciplina

328.3/345

Soggetti

Election districts

Apportionment (Election law)

Comparative government

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. [307]-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; I. Introduction; II. Structuring the Process: The Boundary Authority; III. Setting the Rules: One Person, One Vote and Other Principles; IV. Making Provisions for Minority Representation; V. Taking Account of the Broader Context: Electoral Rules and Systems; VI. Measuring the Impact and Reforming the Process; VII. Multicountry Comparisons of Delimitation Practices; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This indispensable introduction to the institutions, practices, and consequences of boundary delimitation around the world brings together some of the world's leading specialists on redistricting. - ;The aim of this book is threefold. First to put in one place for the convenience of both scholars and practitioners the basic data on redistricting practices in democracies around the world. Remarkably, this data has never before been collected. Second, to provide a series of short case studies that look in more detail at particular countries with regard to the institutions and practices that have