Mixed Electoral Systems: Contamination and its Consequences

by Federico Ferrara, E. Herron, M. Nishikawa

Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall structure of partisan competition.

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Miroslav Nemčok · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of very few books attempting to consolidate (and analyze) the present knowledge about mixed-member electoral systems. Must-read for scholars dealing with the agenda, (very likely extremely boring for anyone else).