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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826414803321

Autore

Ferrara Federico

Titolo

Mixed electoral systems : contamination and its consequences / / Federico Ferrara, Erik S. Herron, Misa Nishikawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36427-4

9786611364274

1-4039-7885-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HerronErik  S

NishikawaMisa

Disciplina

324.6/3

Soggetti

Elections

Representative government and representation

Comparative government

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. [167]-178) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall structure of partisan competition.