Table of Contents

Contributors; Preface; Glossary; 1. Introduction Vernon Bogdanor; 2. Elections and electoral systems: choices and alternatives Richard Rose; 3. Variants of the Westminster model David Butler; 4. France David Goldey and Philip Williams; 5. Germany Peter Pulzer; 6. Italy Christopher Seton-Watson; 7. Scandinavia Bo Särlvik; 8. Benelux Dick Leonard; 9. The Republic of Ireland Paul McKee; 10. Greece Richard Clogg; 11. Japan J. A. A. Stockwin; 12. The European Parliament Michael Steed; 13. Conclusion: electoral systems and party systems Vernon Bogdanor; Index.

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This 1983 book analyses the main electoral systems of modern democracies, and places them in their institutional and historical context.