Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan under the single non-transferable vote : the comparative study of an embedded institution / edited by Bernard Grofman ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grofman, Bernard.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Japan.

Elections.

Elections--Korea (South).

Elections--Taiwan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years there has been a marked resurgence of interest in the effects of electoral laws on important aspects of politics such as party competition. In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars looks at the impact of one set of electoral rules--the single non-transferable vote--on electoral competition in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Under this plan citizens are allowed one vote even though there is more than one seat to be filled. In comparative studies of the adoption and rejection of the single nontransferable vote and the consequences of its use across different settings, the contributors explore the differences in the operation and effects of the application of the same rule in different countries. Arguing that any single feature of a political system is embedded in a political structure and cannot be understood in isolation, the authors demonstrate how the same rule can have different consequences depending on the context in which it operates. The contributors offer fresh insights into the comparative study of political institutions as well as into the operation of particular electoral rules. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Kathleen Bawn, John Boland, Jean-Marie Bouissou, Gary Cox, John Fu-Sheng Hsieh, Arend Lijphart, Emerson Niou, Steven R. Reed, and Frances Rosenbluth, among others. Bernard Grofman is Professor of Political Science, University of California at Irvine. Edwin A. Winckler is at the East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Brian Woodall is Assistant Professor in the School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology. Sung-Chull Lee is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California at Irvine.

Contents:

pt. 1. Choices : the politics of electoral engineering

pt. 2. Campaigning under SNTV

pt. 3. The consequences of SNTV for factions and parties

pt. 5. SNTV in comparative context.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-441) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612874246

9781282874244

1282874241

9780472027125

0472027123

OCLC:

671655550