TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reeve,Andrew
AU  - Ware,Alan
TI  - Electoral systems: a comparative and theoretical introduction 
T2  - Theory and practice in British politics
SN  - 041501204X
AV  - JF1001 .R38 1992
U1  - 324.6 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Elections
KW  - Voting
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Representative government and representation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index; Acknowledgements --; Note to the second edition --; 1; Introduction --; 2; Naturals: The role of evolution --; 3; Built for action: Structure and functions of the human body --; 4; Animal spirits: A history of sports --; The Great Debates I: Is fox-hunting a sport? --; 5; The hunt for reasons: Theories of sports --; 6; Behind on points: How black sports performers are made --; The Great Debates II: Which is the toughest sport? --; 7; The second sex: why women are devalued by sports --; 8; Champs or cheats?: Drug use and attempts to contain it --; The Great Debates III: Should boxing be banned? --; 9; Strictly business: Commercialism and sports --; 10; A match made in heaven: Why sports and television are inseparable --; The great debates IV: Does television have too much influence? --; 11; Not for the faint-hearted: Violence and the legal battleground --; 12; Same rules, different game: How sports have been used as political footballs --; 13; Things to come: The future of sports --; Bibliography --; Name and subject index --; Title index
N2  - "Elections--the processes by which representatives are chosen to vote on our behalf--have come to be accepted as an integral part of most democratic systems. The issue of whether the rules governing the current electoral process are in need of reform provokes perennial debate. In this book, Andrew Reeve and Alan Ware attempt to inform this debate through an analysis of such critical questions as the role an electoral system plays in allocating values in a society, the principles which should be invoked in the analysis of such systems, the significance of the territorial dimension, and the connection between democracy and the electoral process. These crucial questions are analyzed from both a comparative and a theoretical standpoint. The authors analyze electoral systems in relation to democratic theory, and examine justifications for some aspects of modern electoral rules. They link the study of electoral systems to that of voting systems, and compare parliamentary elections in Britain with the; systems of other countries."--Publisher description
ER  -