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A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform [recurso electrónico] : Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan / edited by Daniela Giannetti, Bernard Grofman.

Por: Giannetti, Daniela [editor.]Colaborador(es): Grofman, Bernard [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: Texto

TextoSeries Studies in Public Choice ; 24Editor: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011Descripción: X, 162 p. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9781441972286Tema(s): Social sciences | Economics | Social sciences -- Methodology | Social Sciences | Political Science, general | Methodology of the Social Sciences | Economic TheoryFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 320 Clasificación LoC:JA1-92Recursos en línea: Libro electrónico Texto

Contenidos:

Party Competition under New Electoral Rules in Italy and Japan 1994-2008 -- The Changing Bases of Party Support in Italy and Japan: Similarities and Differences -- Nominating Candidates under New Rules in Italy and Japan: You Cannot Bargain with Resources You Do Not Have -- Factional Politics in Italy and Japan -- Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?.

En: Springer eBooksResumen: In the early 1990s, major electoral reforms took place in both Italy and Japan; each replaced a form of “proportional representation” (in which voters cast a ballot for a party list) with a “mixed member” system (in which voters cast ballots for individual candidates and party lists). The reforms were enacted by political elites in the context of divisions within the dominant party, changing patterns of party support, and party splits, in efforts to retain power while responding to charges of corruption, clientelism, and lack of accountability. The experiences of both countries provide a laboratory in which to investigate the effects and implications of the reforms, and, more broadly to analyze voter behavior in the context of institutional change. The introduction provides an overview of post-WWII politics and electoral reform in Italy and Japan. In each of the subsequent four chapters, specialists in Italian and Japanese electoral politics are teamed up to review data both before and after the reforms. Within this comparative framework, the authors explore such topics as changes in party competition, candidate selection mechanisms, and intra-party politics. The concluding chapter considers the longer-term consequences—both anticipated and unanticipated—of the reforms. Despite superficially similar conditions, the effects in the two countries were dramatically different: in Japan, the new system has taken hold, with minor modifications, while in Italy, there was a reversion to a proportional representation system. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, to understand why similar reforms had such different effects in the two countries we must examine how electoral systems are embedded in broader institutional and social arrangements, and consider the complex interplay of political geography, political history, and the rational calculations of political actors.

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Tipo de ítem	Biblioteca actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras
Libro Electrónico	Biblioteca Electrónica	Colección de Libros Electrónicos	JA1 -92 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo))	1	No para préstamo		371862-2001

In the early 1990s, major electoral reforms took place in both Italy and Japan; each replaced a form of “proportional representation” (in which voters cast a ballot for a party list) with a “mixed member” system (in which voters cast ballots for individual candidates and party lists). The reforms were enacted by political elites in the context of divisions within the dominant party, changing patterns of party support, and party splits, in efforts to retain power while responding to charges of corruption, clientelism, and lack of accountability. The experiences of both countries provide a laboratory in which to investigate the effects and implications of the reforms, and, more broadly to analyze voter behavior in the context of institutional change. The introduction provides an overview of post-WWII politics and electoral reform in Italy and Japan. In each of the subsequent four chapters, specialists in Italian and Japanese electoral politics are teamed up to review data both before and after the reforms. Within this comparative framework, the authors explore such topics as changes in party competition, candidate selection mechanisms, and intra-party politics. The concluding chapter considers the longer-term consequences—both anticipated and unanticipated—of the reforms. Despite superficially similar conditions, the effects in the two countries were dramatically different: in Japan, the new system has taken hold, with minor modifications, while in Italy, there was a reversion to a proportional representation system. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, to understand why similar reforms had such different effects in the two countries we must examine how electoral systems are embedded in broader institutional and social arrangements, and consider the complex interplay of political geography, political history, and the rational calculations of political actors.