Mixed-Member Electoral Systems
The Best of Both Worlds?
Edited by Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Electoral Reform of the Twenty-first Century?, Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg
Part I: Placing Mixed-Member Systems in the World of Electoral Systems
Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: A Definition and Typology, Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg
Extreme Electoral Systems and the Appeal of the Mixed-Member Alternative, Matthew Shugart
Part II: Origins of Mixed-Member Systems
Germany: The Mixed-Member System as a Political Compromise, Susan E. Scarrow
Choosing MMP in New Zealand: Explaining the 1993 Electoral Reform, David Denemark
Reforming the Italian Electoral Law, 1993, Richard S. Katz
The Politics of Reform in Israel: How the Israeli Mixed System Came to Be, Gideon Rahat
The Causes of Electoral Reform in Japan, Steven R. Reed and Michael F. Thies
The Sources of Electoral Reform in Venezuela, Brian F. Crisp and Juan Carlos Rey
Electoral Reform in Bolivia: Origins of the Mixed-Member Proportional System, René Antonio Mayorga
Reforming Electoral Systems in Mexico, Juan Molinar Horcasitas and Jeffrey Weldon
Hedging Against Uncertainty: Regime Change and the Origins of Hungary's Mixed-Member System, John W. Schiemann
Compromise Amidst Political Conflict: The Origins of Russia's Mixed-Member System, Robert G. Moser and Frank C. Thames, Jr.
Part III: Consequences of Mixed-Member Systems
The Political Consequences of Germany's Mixed-Member System: Personalization at the Grass Roots?, Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Bernhard Wessels
An Initial Assessment of the Consequences of MMP in New Zealand, Fiona Barker, Jonathan Boston, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay and Nigel S. Roberts
Mixed Electoral Rules, Partisan Realignment, and Party System Change in Italy, Roberto D'Alimonte
The Israeli Mixed Electoral System: Unexpected Reciprocal and Cumulative Consequences, Reuven Y. Hazan
The Consequences of Electoral Reform in Japan, Steven R. Reed and Michael F. Thies
The Legislative Consequences of MMP Electoral Rules in Venezuela, Michael R. Kulisheck and Brian F. Crisp
The Mixed-Member Proportional System and its Consequences in Bolivia, René Antonio Mayorga
The Consequences of The Mexicos Mixed Electoral System, 1988-1997, Jeffrey Weldon
Evaluating Hungary's Mixed-Member Electoral System, Kenneth Benoit
The Consequences of Russia's Mixed-Member Electoral System, Robert G. Moser
Part IV: Prospects for Reform in Other Countries
The United Kingdom Comes of Age: The British Electoral Reform Revolution of the 1990s, David M. Farrell
Electoral Rules and Electoral Reform in Canada, R. Kent Weaver
Conclusion
Are Mixed-Member Systems the Best of Both Worlds?, Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg