Publication

2004-08-02 - Peter Lang Publishing

Language

English

Word Count

46,250 words, Guess

Page Count

185 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002067547
  • Goodreads4125792

Classifications

  • LCCJF1071 .R66 2004

Description

"In this new book, an international team of experts critically examines issues of democratic representation in three culturally diverse nations whose governments are elected under systems of proportional representation - New Zealand, Germany, and Italy. The authors examine the power plays at work in the development and implementation of proportional representation in their respective countries and they consider the ways in which the electoral system has impacted election campaign strategies. The final chapter by Douglas Kellner (George F. Kellner Philosophy of Education Chair, Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA) relates the issue to contemporary politics in the United States by using the 2000 U.S. presidential election to investigate the ways in which democracy is served, and disserved, by the electoral system."--Jacket.

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