| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 392 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; [39]
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Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 39.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Contextualizing Democracy -- Chapter 3: Prologue to the Democratic Era -- Chapter 4: Facing the Democratic Challenge 1900-1918 -- Chapter 5: Struggling with Democracy 1919-39 -- Chapter 6: The Cold War Democratic Compromise 1940-1969 -- Chapter 7: The Neoliberal Democratic Realignment 1970-2000. |
| Summary |
"Though sharing broadly similar processes of economic and political development from the mid-to-late nineteenth century onward, western countries have diverged greatly in their choice of voting systems: most of Europe shifted to proportional voting around the First World War, while Anglo-American countries have stuck with relative majority or majority voting rules. Using a comparative historical approach, Wrestling with Democracy examines why voting systems have (or have not) changed in western industrialized countries over the past century. |
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In this first single-volume study of voting system reform covering all western industrialized countries, Dennis Pilon reviews national efforts in this area over four timespans: the nineteenth century, the period around the First World War, the Cold War, and the 1990s. Pilon provocatively argues that voting system reform has been a part of larger struggles over defining democracy itself, highlighting previously overlooked episodes of reform and challenging widely held assumptions about institutional change."--Pub. desc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Democracy. |
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Western countries. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Voting -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Voting. |
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Political parties -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Political parties. |
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Western countries -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pilon, Dennis. Wrestling with Democracy : Voting Systems as Politics in the 20th Century West. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9781442645417 |
| ISBN |
9781442662735 (electronic book) |
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1442662735 (electronic book) |
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