The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems
Edited by Erik S. Herron, Robert J. Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart
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Edited by Erik S. Herron, Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University, Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen, Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, and Edited by Matthew S. Shugart, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Davis
Erik S. Herron is the Eberly Family Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University. His research focuses on political institutions, especially electoral systems. Prof. Herron has traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, including a term as a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine and thirteen election-observation missions. He has published research in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and other journals, as well as two books: Mixed Electoral Systems: Contamination and Its Consequences (with Federico Ferrara and Misa Nishikawa) and Elections and Democracy after Communism.
Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 2002. His research interests lie in electoral systems, political parties, and civil society. He has published articles in political science journals such as the American Political Science Review, the British Journal of Political Science, and Comparative Political Studies, as well as six books on American nonprofit advocacy, Japanese civil society, and Japanese elections and political parties.
Matthew S. Shugart is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis, and Affiliated Professor at the University of Haifa. He is a world-renowned scholar of democratic institutions. He is a two-time winner of the George H. Hallet Award, given annually by the Representation and Electoral Systems Section of the American Political Science Association for a book published at least ten years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the field. He won it first for his collaboration with Rein Taagepera, Seats and Votes (1989) and again for Presidents and Assemblies (1992, with John M. Carey). He has participated as an advisor on electoral-system reform and constitutional design in several countries, including Albania, Bulgaria, Colombia, Estonia, and Israel.
Contributors:
James F. Adams, University of California, Davis, United States
Nathan Allen, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Audrey André, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside, United States
John M. Carey, Dartmouth College, United States
Josep M. Colomer, Georgetown University, United States
Gary W. Cox, Stanford University, United States
Brian F. Crisp, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
Sam Depauw, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Dominik Duell, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Benjamin Ferland, University of Ottawa, Canada
Karen E. Ferree, University of California, San Diego, United States
Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University, United States
Matthew Golder, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Thad E. Hall, Fors Marsh Group, United States
Lisa Handley, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
Reuven Y. Hazan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Abigail L. Heller, Emory University, United States
Verónica Hoyo, University of California, San Diego, United States
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka, Open University of Israel
Kristof Jacobs, Ratboud University, Netherlands
Joel W. Johnson, Colorado State University, Pueblo, United States
Mark P. Jones, Rice University, United States
Ken Kollman, University of Michigan, United States
Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University, United States
David Lublin, American University, United States
Thomas Carl Lundberg, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Toni Makkai, Australian National University, Australia
Michael Marsh, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Shane Martin, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Louis Massicotte, Laval University, Canada
Ian McAllister, Australian National University, Australia
Paul Mitchell, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Robert Moser, University of Texas, Austin, United States
Kuniaki Nemoto, Musashi University, Japan
Misa Nishikawa, Ball State University, United States
Pippa Norris, Harvard University, United States, and University of Sydney, Australia
Gianluca Passarelli, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Matt Qvortrup, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Gideon Rahat, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Alan Renwick, University College London, United Kingdom
Nathan J. Rexford, University of California, Davis, United States
Ethan Scheiner, University of California, Davis, United States
William M. Simoneau, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
Daniel M. Smith, Harvard University, United States
Heather Stoll, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Rein Taagepera, University of California, Irvine, United States
Steven L. Taylor, Troy University, United States
Joshua Tucker, New York University, United States
Åsa von Schoultz, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Jack Vowles, Victoria University, New Zealand
Adam Ziegfeld, Temple University, United States
Thomas Zittel, University of Frankfurt, Germany
