Electoral Laws & Their Political Consequences [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 324.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Election law Elections Voting |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction; Part I. The Effect of Election Type on Political Competition; 1. Duverger's Law Revisited; 2. The Influence of Electoral Systems: Faulty Laws or Faulty Method?; 3. Duverger's Law: Forty Years Later; 4. Intraparty Preference Voting; 5. Thinking about the Length and Renewability of Electoral Terms; Part II. Evaluating the Impact of Electoral Laws: Proportional and Semiproportional Systems Case Studies
6. Proportionality by Non-PR Methods: Ethnic Representation in Belgium, Cyprus, Lebanon, New West Germany and Zimbabwe 7. Australian Experience with Majority-Preferential and Quota-Preferential Systems; 8. The Rise, Decline and Resurrection of Proportional Representation in Local Governments in the United States; 9. The Limited Vote and the Single Nontransferable Vote: Lessons from the Japanese and Spanish Examples; 10. Degrees of Proportionality of Proportional Representation Formulas; Part III. Evaluating the Impact of Electoral Laws: Plurality Systems 11. The Geography of Representation: A Review of Recent Findings 12. Social Choice and Plurality like Electoral Systems; 13. The Effect of At-Large Versus District Elections on Racial Representation in U.S. Municipalities; 14. The Nonpartisan Ballot in the United States; 15. Ballot Format in Plurality Partisan Elections; 16. Cross-Endorsement and Cross-Filling in Plurality Partisan Elections; Part IV. Redistricting; 17. Whatever Happened to the Reapportionment Revolution in the United States?; 18. Constituency Redistribution in Britain: Recent Issues 19. Districting Choices under the Single-Transferable Vote References; List of Court Cases; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453962003321 |
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Electoral Laws & Their Political Consequences [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 324.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Election law Elections Voting |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction; Part I. The Effect of Election Type on Political Competition; 1. Duverger's Law Revisited; 2. The Influence of Electoral Systems: Faulty Laws or Faulty Method?; 3. Duverger's Law: Forty Years Later; 4. Intraparty Preference Voting; 5. Thinking about the Length and Renewability of Electoral Terms; Part II. Evaluating the Impact of Electoral Laws: Proportional and Semiproportional Systems Case Studies
6. Proportionality by Non-PR Methods: Ethnic Representation in Belgium, Cyprus, Lebanon, New West Germany and Zimbabwe 7. Australian Experience with Majority-Preferential and Quota-Preferential Systems; 8. The Rise, Decline and Resurrection of Proportional Representation in Local Governments in the United States; 9. The Limited Vote and the Single Nontransferable Vote: Lessons from the Japanese and Spanish Examples; 10. Degrees of Proportionality of Proportional Representation Formulas; Part III. Evaluating the Impact of Electoral Laws: Plurality Systems 11. The Geography of Representation: A Review of Recent Findings 12. Social Choice and Plurality like Electoral Systems; 13. The Effect of At-Large Versus District Elections on Racial Representation in U.S. Municipalities; 14. The Nonpartisan Ballot in the United States; 15. Ballot Format in Plurality Partisan Elections; 16. Cross-Endorsement and Cross-Filling in Plurality Partisan Elections; Part IV. Redistricting; 17. Whatever Happened to the Reapportionment Revolution in the United States?; 18. Constituency Redistribution in Britain: Recent Issues 19. Districting Choices under the Single-Transferable Vote References; List of Court Cases; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782510203321 |
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 | ||
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Electoral Laws & Their Political Consequences [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina | 324.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Election law Elections Voting |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction; Part I. The Effect of Election Type on Political Competition; 1. Duverger's Law Revisited; 2. The Influence of Electoral Systems: Faulty Laws or Faulty Method?; 3. Duverger's Law: Forty Years Later; 4. Intraparty Preference Voting; 5. Thinking about the Length and Renewability of Electoral Terms; Part II. Evaluating the Impact of Electoral Laws: Proportional and Semiproportional Systems Case Studies
6. Proportionality by Non-PR Methods: Ethnic Representation in Belgium, Cyprus, Lebanon, New West Germany and Zimbabwe 7. Australian Experience with Majority-Preferential and Quota-Preferential Systems; 8. The Rise, Decline and Resurrection of Proportional Representation in Local Governments in the United States; 9. The Limited Vote and the Single Nontransferable Vote: Lessons from the Japanese and Spanish Examples; 10. Degrees of Proportionality of Proportional Representation Formulas; Part III. Evaluating the Impact of Electoral Laws: Plurality Systems 11. The Geography of Representation: A Review of Recent Findings 12. Social Choice and Plurality like Electoral Systems; 13. The Effect of At-Large Versus District Elections on Racial Representation in U.S. Municipalities; 14. The Nonpartisan Ballot in the United States; 15. Ballot Format in Plurality Partisan Elections; 16. Cross-Endorsement and Cross-Filling in Plurality Partisan Elections; Part IV. Redistricting; 17. Whatever Happened to the Reapportionment Revolution in the United States?; 18. Constituency Redistribution in Britain: Recent Issues 19. Districting Choices under the Single-Transferable Vote References; List of Court Cases; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817020903321 |
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The Federalist Papers and the New Institutionalism [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina |
328.730734
328.73'0734-dc19 |
Soggetto topico |
Representative government and representation
Social choice |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; List of Tables and Figures; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Preface; The Federalist Papers and the New Institutionalism: An Overview; Part I. The Madisonian Vision and the Theory of Public Choice: Comparisons and Contrasts; Introduction; 1. Madison's Theory of Representation; 2. Publius and Public Choice; 3. Electoral Institutions in The Federalist Papers: A Contemporary Perspective; 4. Restraining the Whims and Passions of the Public; Part II. Optimal Institutions; Introduction
5. The Constitution as an Optimal Social Contract: A Transaction Cost Analysis of The Federalist Papers6. Stability and Efficiency in a Separation-of-Powers Constitutional System; 7. Why A Constitution?; Part III. Power: Checks and Balances; Introduction; 8. Are the Two Houses of Congress Really Coequal?; 9. Assessing the Power of the Supreme Court; 10. Checks, Balances, and Bureaucratic Usurpation of Congressional Power; 11. The Distribution of Power in the Federal Government: Perspectives from The Federalist Papers - A Critique; Part IV. The Ratification Debate; Introduction 12. Public Choice Analysis and the Ratification of the Constitution13. Constitutional Conflict in State and Nation; 14. The Strategy of Ratification; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454247703321 |
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The Federalist Papers and the New Institutionalism [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina |
328.730734
328.73'0734-dc19 |
Soggetto topico |
Representative government and representation
Social choice |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; List of Tables and Figures; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Preface; The Federalist Papers and the New Institutionalism: An Overview; Part I. The Madisonian Vision and the Theory of Public Choice: Comparisons and Contrasts; Introduction; 1. Madison's Theory of Representation; 2. Publius and Public Choice; 3. Electoral Institutions in The Federalist Papers: A Contemporary Perspective; 4. Restraining the Whims and Passions of the Public; Part II. Optimal Institutions; Introduction
5. The Constitution as an Optimal Social Contract: A Transaction Cost Analysis of The Federalist Papers6. Stability and Efficiency in a Separation-of-Powers Constitutional System; 7. Why A Constitution?; Part III. Power: Checks and Balances; Introduction; 8. Are the Two Houses of Congress Really Coequal?; 9. Assessing the Power of the Supreme Court; 10. Checks, Balances, and Bureaucratic Usurpation of Congressional Power; 11. The Distribution of Power in the Federal Government: Perspectives from The Federalist Papers - A Critique; Part IV. The Ratification Debate; Introduction 12. Public Choice Analysis and the Ratification of the Constitution13. Constitutional Conflict in State and Nation; 14. The Strategy of Ratification; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782510403321 |
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Federalist Papers and the New Institutionalism [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina |
328.730734
328.73'0734-dc19 |
Soggetto topico |
Representative government and representation
Social choice |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; List of Tables and Figures; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Preface; The Federalist Papers and the New Institutionalism: An Overview; Part I. The Madisonian Vision and the Theory of Public Choice: Comparisons and Contrasts; Introduction; 1. Madison's Theory of Representation; 2. Publius and Public Choice; 3. Electoral Institutions in The Federalist Papers: A Contemporary Perspective; 4. Restraining the Whims and Passions of the Public; Part II. Optimal Institutions; Introduction
5. The Constitution as an Optimal Social Contract: A Transaction Cost Analysis of The Federalist Papers6. Stability and Efficiency in a Separation-of-Powers Constitutional System; 7. Why A Constitution?; Part III. Power: Checks and Balances; Introduction; 8. Are the Two Houses of Congress Really Coequal?; 9. Assessing the Power of the Supreme Court; 10. Checks, Balances, and Bureaucratic Usurpation of Congressional Power; 11. The Distribution of Power in the Federal Government: Perspectives from The Federalist Papers - A Critique; Part IV. The Ratification Debate; Introduction 12. Public Choice Analysis and the Ratification of the Constitution13. Constitutional Conflict in State and Nation; 14. The Strategy of Ratification; References; Index |
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Political Gerrymandering and the Courts [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina |
342.73
342.7307 |
Soggetto topico |
Apportionment (Election law) -- United States
Apportionment (Election law) Election districts -- United States Election districts |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political Gerrymandering and the Courts; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Unresolved Issues in Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation; 2 The Unfinished Reapportionment Revolution; What Does Bandemer Mean?; How to Measure Partisan Gerrymandering; Applications: Indiana; Applications: California; Referenced Author Index; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454245003321 |
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Political Gerrymandering and the Courts [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina |
342.73
342.7307 |
Soggetto topico |
Apportionment (Election law) -- United States
Apportionment (Election law) Election districts -- United States Election districts |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political Gerrymandering and the Courts; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Unresolved Issues in Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation; 2 The Unfinished Reapportionment Revolution; What Does Bandemer Mean?; How to Measure Partisan Gerrymandering; Applications: Indiana; Applications: California; Referenced Author Index; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782510503321 |
Grofman Bernard
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Political Gerrymandering and the Courts [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Grofman Bernard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
Disciplina |
342.73
342.7307 |
Soggetto topico |
Apportionment (Election law) -- United States
Apportionment (Election law) Election districts -- United States Election districts |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Political Gerrymandering and the Courts; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Unresolved Issues in Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation; 2 The Unfinished Reapportionment Revolution; What Does Bandemer Mean?; How to Measure Partisan Gerrymandering; Applications: Indiana; Applications: California; Referenced Author Index; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828698603321 |
Grofman Bernard
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 | ||
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