| Description |
1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Political science ; v. 22 |
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Routledge library editions. Political science ; v. 22.
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| Contents |
Cover; A SHORT HISTORY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN WESTERN EUROPE; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE Electoral Systems; 1 The Earlier Electoral Systems; 2 Party-List Systems of Proportional Representation; 3 Proportionality; 4 Voting for Individuals; 5 The Single Transferable Vote; PART TWO Belgium and the Netherlands; 6 Belgium; 7 The Netherlands; PART THREE The Nordic Countries; 8 Denmark; 9 Norway; 10 Sweden; 11 Finland; PART FOUR Austria and Switzerland; 12 Austria; 13 Switzerland; PART FIVE The Great Powers on the Continent; 14 Italy |
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15 The Federal German Republic16 France; PART SIX The United Kingdom and Ireland; 17 The United Kingdom; 18 The Republic of Ireland; Conclusions; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book provides a concise and accessible account of the historical experience of European parliaments - why different electoral systems were adopted, how they have functioned, how they have affected the development of political parties, and in what respects they have been found over time to be either suitable or unsatisfactory. The book begins with a summary of the main electoral systems, analysing and re-assessing each in the light of historical experience. The core of the book, however, is a country-by-country account of the systems which have operated in each of the main West European |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1980 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Elections -- Europe -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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Elections
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135026783 |
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1135026785 |
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0203707915 |
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9780203707913 |
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