Mixed-member electoral systems : the best of both worlds / edited by Martin P. Wattenberg and Matthew Shugart.

Introduction : The electoral reform of the twenty-first century? / Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg -- 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 Soberg Shugart -- 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 A. 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. -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 Mexico's mixed-member electoral system, 1988-1997 / Jeffrey A. Weldon -- Evaluating Hungary's mixed-member electoral system / Kenneth Benoit -- The consequences of Russia's mixed-member electoral system / Robert G. Moser -- 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.

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