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Title Electoral systems and democracy / edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description xxvi, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
Series A journal of democracy book
Journal of democracy book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A primer for decision makers / Donald L. Horowitz -- A global snapshot / Richard W. Soudriette and Andrew Ellis -- Dealing with divided societies / Benjamin Reilly -- Case for power sharing / Arend Lijphart -- Impact of federalism / R. Kent Weaver -- Constitutional choices for new democracies / Arend Lijphart -- Problem with PR / Guy Lardeyret -- PR and democratic statecraft / Quentin L. Quade -- Double-checking for evidence / Arend Lijphart -- Primacy of the particular / Ken Gladdish -- Constitutional engineering in southern Africa / Andrew Reynolds -- Comment : elections in agrarian societies / Joel D. Barkan -- Rejoinder : the case for proportionality / Andrew Reynolds -- Electoral reform and stability in Uruguay / Jeffrey Cason -- Devaluing the vote in Latin America / Richard Snyder and David Samuels -- Why direct election failed in Israel / Emanuele Ottolenghi -- Politics of reform in Japan and Taiwan / Jih-wen Lin -- Curious case of Afghanistan / Andrew Reynolds -- Iraq's year of voting dangerously / Adeed Dawisha and Larry Diamond.
Subject Representative government and representation -- Case studies.
Representative government and representation.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Democracy -- Case studies.
Democracy.
Elections -- Case studies.
Elections.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Added Author Diamond, Larry Jay.
Plattner, Marc F., 1945-
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