The Origin of Electoral Systems in the Post-war Era

Lundell, Krister

ISBN 10 : 041584732X ISBN 13 : 9780415847322

Editeur : Routledge, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book explores and presents the influence of contextual factors on the choice of electoral systems for parliamentary elections in both democracies and non-democracies around the world.

Taking a macroscopic approach, the author focuses on structural explanations, with an emphasis on general patterns rather than country specific explanations. Drawn from a wealth of data, the book presents the frequency of the adoption of each electoral formula and system in the postwar era and is followed by a theoretical elaboration of electoral system choice. The author then draws on rational, cultural/historical and institutional theories which are systematically analyzed by means of sophisticated bivariate and multivariate techniques. Lundell demonstrates that few electoral systems have been chosen from rational considerations and the impact of the cultural and historical setting is tremendous; colonial legacy, regional influence and temporal trends largely explain the cross-national variation in electoral systems.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, electoral politics and comparative politics.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Krister Lundell is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. His previous publications include Determinants of Candidate Selection: The Degree of Centralization in Comparative Perspective.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 041584732X
• ISBN 13: 9780415847322
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 160