Electoral Rules and Electoral Behaviour: The Scope of Effects

ISBN-13: 9780367892586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 148 str.

Ruth Dassonneville; Marc Hooghe; Michael S. Lewis-Beck

Opis

This volume investigates empirically whether voters behave differently, given different sets of electoral rules. The findings challenge some common vote choice models. The chapters originally published as a special issue in West European Politics.

Spis treści

1. Do electoral rules have an effect on electoral behaviour? An impact assessment Ruth Dassonneville, Marc Hooghe and Michael S. Lewis-Beck 2. Candidate-centred electoral systems and voter turnout Peter Söderlund 3. Rules, institutions and the economic vote: clarifying clarity of responsibility Ruth Dassonneville and Michael S. Lewis-Beck 4. The electoral consequences of austerity: economic policy voting in Europe in times of crisis Liisa Talving 5. Ticket-splitting in mixed-member systems: on the importance of seat linkage between electoral tiers Pedro Riera and Damien Bol 6. Too much choice, too little impact: a multilevel analysis of the contextual determinants of preference voting Audrey André and Sam Depauw 7. The impact of compulsory voting on inequality and the quality of the vote Ruth Dassonneville, Marc Hooghe and Peter Miller

O autorze

Ruth Dassonneville is Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal, Canada.

Marc Hooghe is Professor of Political Science at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Michael S. Lewis-Beck is F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor at the University of Iowa, USA.