A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Giannetti, Daniela (Editor), Grofman, Bernard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Public Choice, 24
• Subjects: Political science.; Economic theory.; Social sciences.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

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 member” system (in which voters cast ballots for individual candidates and party lists). The reforms we...

Table of Contents:

• Party Competition under New Electoral Rules in Italy and Japan 1994-2008
• The Changing Bases of Party Support in Italy and Japan: Similarities and Differences
• Nominating Candidates under New Rules in Italy and Japan: You Cannot Bargain with Resources You Do Not Have
• Factional Politics in Italy and Japan
• Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?