{"product_id":"electoral-systems-and-democracy-paperback-1","title":"Electoral Systems and Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarc F. Plattner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe newest volume in the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eJournal of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e series addresses electoral systems and democracy. As the number of democracies has increased around the world, a heated debate has emerged among experts about which system best promotes the consolidation of democracy. Is proportional representation, a majoritarian system, a mixture of the two, or some other system the best for new democracies? This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Joel D. Barkan, Jeffrey Cason, Adeed Dawisha, Larry Diamond, Andrew Ellis, Ken Gladdish, Donald Horowitz, Guy Lardeyret, Arend Lijphart, Jih-wen Lin, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Marc F. Plattner, Quentin L. Quade, Benjamin Reilly, Andrew Reynolds, David Samuels, Richard Snyder, Richard Soudriette, R. Kent Weaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.\u003cb\u003e Marc F. Plattner \u003c\/b\u003eis vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. They serve as codirectors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and coeditors of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including \u003ci\u003eThe Global Divergence of Democracies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIslam and Democracy in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy after Communism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.84 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47356307996921,"sku":"9780801884757","price":47.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wofdvd27n9780801884757_837b0415-94c6-478e-a1fa-c182b9aec69f.webp?v=1769859192","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/electoral-systems-and-democracy-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}