Electoral Systems and Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Larry Diamond is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy , codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. Plattner and Diamond are coeditors of the Journal of Democracy . Klappentext The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy series addresses electoral systems and democracy. As the number of democracies has increased around the world, a heated debate has emerged among experts about which system best promotes the consolidation of democracy. Is proportional representation, a majoritarian system, a mixture of the two, or some other system the best for new democracies? This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq.Contributors: Joel D. Barkan, Jeffrey Cason, Adeed Dawisha, Larry Diamond, Andrew Ellis, Ken Gladdish, Donald Horowitz, Guy Lardeyret, Arend Lijphart, Jih-wen Lin, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Marc F. Plattner, Quentin L. Quade, Benjamin Reilly, Andrew Reynolds, David Samuels, Richard Snyder, Richard Soudriette, R. Kent Weaver Zusammenfassung Quade! Benjamin Reilly! Andrew Reynolds! David Samuels! Richard Snyder! Richard Soudriette! R. Kent Weaver

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Larry Diamond (Editore), Marc F. Plattner (Editore), Larry (Director Diamond (Editore), Marc F. (Editor Plattner (Editore), Marc F Plattner (Editore), Diamond Larry (Editore), Plattner Marc F. (Editore)
• Autori: Larry (EDT)/ Plattner Diamond, Larry Plattner Diamond, Larry (Director Diamond, Larry Diamond
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 27.10.2006
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva
• EAN: 9780801884757
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8475-7
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.9 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm
• Serie: A Journal of Democracy Book; A Journal of Democracy Book; Journal of Democracy Book
• Categorie: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy; Political structures: democracy; Elections & referenda; Elections and referenda / suffrage