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Preferential Voting Systems

Influence on Intra-Party Competition and Voting Behaviour

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Authors:
  1. Gianluca Passarelli

    1. Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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  • Furthers current research on preferential voting systems in a comparative perspective

  • Illustrates the various consequences of different preferential voting systems on voters’ electoral behaviour and candidates’ electoral fate

  • Includes data covering 19 countries and over 200 national elections

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Preferential Voting: Theoretical Approach and Empirical Consequences

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 1-58

  3. Hypotheses, Data, and Methodology

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 59-80

  4. Preferential Voting Across the World

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 81-123

  5. Consequences of Preferential Voting

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 125-209

  6. Who Receives More Preference Votes and Who Is Elected?

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 211-225

  7. When Preferences Matter More

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 227-262

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 263-286
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About this book

This book examines the effects of preferential voting on intraparty electoral competition and voting behavior. Using data covering 19 countries and over 200 elections, this study sheds light on a somewhat neglected aspect of electoral systems. The author demonstrates that the ability of voters to influence the selection and deselection of MPs under preferential voting systems is not as important as is often assumed. Instead, their ability to shape the election of a given candidate depends heavily on the balance between party power and voter power. In this way, this book advances the understanding of the effect of preferential voting on intra-party dynamics, parliamentary turnover, and voter behavior. Based on a rigorous, data-led methodological approach, the book contributes to both the theory and practice of the study of electoral systems, and should be read by scholars, students and practitioners interested in preferential voting systems.

Reviews

“This is the most thorough empirical analysis to date of how electoral systems that permit preference voting for candidates within political parties work in practice. All future work on how parties function and voters behave under conditions of intra-party competition will have to build on this book.” (Matthew S. Shugart, University of California, Davis, USA)

“Only recently have scholars started paying attention to the significance of preferential voting. Passarelli’s study is the most comprehensive cross-national treatment of this important subject to date, taking us beyond the question of how to conceptualise these systems and into the realm of how preferential voting impacts on candidates and voters. A tour de force.” (David Farrell, University College Dublin, Ireland)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Gianluca Passarelli

About the author

Gianluca Passarelli is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University, Italy. His main research interests concern presidents of the republic, political parties, electoral systems, elections and electoral behaviour. He is the author of The Presidentialization of Political Parties (2015). His research has appeared in Party Politics, Political Geography, Representation, French Politics, and Political Studies Review. He is co-editor of the Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics book series (with R. Elgie).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Preferential Voting Systems

  • Book Subtitle: Influence on Intra-Party Competition and Voting Behaviour

  • Authors: Gianluca Passarelli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25286-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25285-4Published: 14 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25288-5Published: 15 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25286-1Published: 30 July 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Electoral Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Leadership, European Politics

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