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Does Electoral System Reform Work? Electoral System lessons from Reforms of the 1990s
Author(s)Scheiner, Ethan
AbstractIn the early 1990s, popular discontent with politics in Italy, New Zealand, and Japan led to the enactment of new electoral systems in all three countries. The results of the reforms have been mixed, as they have dramatically altered politics in some cases but in others have been a great disappointment to many observers. This essay examines the reforms and the conditions under which they successfully addressed the problems of their party systems. The cases highlight the limitations of using electoral systems to explain political outcomes that are not direct effects of electoral rules.
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Pages161-181
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SourceAnnual Review of Political Science
VolumeNo11
PubDate 2008
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