Autor: Bernard Grofman

Maurice Duverger is arguably the most distinguished French political scientist of the last century, but his major impact has, strangely enough, been largely in the English-speaking world. His book, P …

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 me …

In the modern era, representation is the hallmark of democracy, and electoral rules structure how representation works and how effectively governments perform. Moreover, of the key structural variabl …

This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally. The subject of e-democracy ha …

The aim of this book is threefold. First to put in one place for the convenience of both scholars and practitioners the basic data on redistricting practices in democracies around the world. Remarkab …

American democracy differs greatly from other democracies around the world. But is the American way more or less efficacious than comparable democracies in Asia, Latin America, or Europe? What if the …

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In developing Legislative Term Limits, the editor has included material that has explicit and testable models about the expected consequences of term limits that reflect Public Choice perspectives. T …

This work is the first systematic attempt to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, commonly regarded as the most effective civil rights legislation of the century. Marshaling a wealth …

Elections are the means by which democratic nations determine their leaders, and communication in the context of elections has the potential to shape people’s beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Thus, e …

Elections are the means by which democratic nations determine their leaders, and communication in the context of elections has the potential to shape people’s beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Thus, e …

Extreme polarization in American politics–and especially in the U.S. Congress–is perhaps the most confounding political phenomenon of our time. This book binds together polarization in Congress and …

Extreme polarization in American politics–and especially in the U.S. Congress–is perhaps the most confounding political phenomenon of our time. This book binds together polarization in Congress and …

This edited volume suggests promising new avenues of research in analyzing coalition politics. Written by a group of leading scholars, the book clarifies a number of concepts too often taken for gran …