Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote : reflections on an embedded institution / Shaun Bowler and Bernard Grofman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowler, Shaun, 1958-

Contributor:

Grofman, Bernard

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single transferable voting--Case studies.

Single transferable voting.

Single transferable voting--Australia.

Single transferable voting--Ireland.

Single transferable voting--Malta.

Single transferable voting--Canada.

Preferential ballot.

Canada.

Malta.

Ireland.

Australia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

293 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000.

Summary:

The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is often seen in very positive terms by electoral reformers, yet relatively little is known about its actual workings beyond one or two specific settings. This book gathers leading experts on STV from around the world to discuss the examples they know best, and represents the first systematic cross-national study of STV. Furthermore, the contributors collectively build an understanding of electoral systems as institutions embedded within a wider social and political context, and begins to explain the gap between analytical models and the actual practice of elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta. Rather than seeing electoral institutions in purely mechanical terms, the collection of essays in this volume shows that the effects of electoral system may be contingent rather than automatic. On the basis of solid empirical evidence, the volume argues that the same political system can, in fact, have quite different effects under different conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0472111590

OCLC:

43992467