Overview
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)
Keywords
- elections
- electoral system
- intraparty competition
- intraparty dimension
- PLPR
- political parties
- preferential voting
- proportional representation
- comparative statistical analysis
- comparative research
- electoral dynamics
- partisan dynamics
- parliamentary turnover
- voter power
- preference vote
- electoral framework
- case studies
- institutional variables
- democratization
- democratic regime
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.
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“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)
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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