Publisher: Shanghai People's Publishing House; First edition (November 30, 2008)

Book Title: Translation Collection by Oriental Compilation and Translation Institute

Paperback: 185 pages

Language: Chinese

Format: 16 format

ISBN:9787208082380

Barcode: 9787200882380

The article "Electoral and Political Party Systems: Empirical Research on 27 Countries from 1945 to 1990" aims to introduce the mainstream methodology of political party and election research, hoping to improve the research level of China's political science community that has long been lagging behind in the field of political parties and elections.

The author of "Election System and Party System: Empirical Study of 27 Countries from 1945 to 1990", Allan Lipat, presents us with another masterpiece by a master of new institutionalism in political science. It was completed in the 1990s, and although the research methods have a strong American flavor and traces of comparative politics, this precisely constitutes an important part of its academic value, especially for the Chinese political science community. How to give more scientific and international significance to the study of political parties and elections, comparative research methods are obviously an effective tool.

Alan Lipat, born in the Netherlands in 1936, obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 1963. He is an honorary professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, an internationally renowned political scientist, and a representative figure of New Institutionalism. Main representative works: "Politics of Compromise" (1968), "Livelihoods in a Diverse Society" (1977), "Institutional Design of Emerging Democratic Countries" (1996), and "The Model of Democracy" (1999).
Translator's profile:
Xie Yue, Ph.D. in Political Science from Fudan University (2001), Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (2006-2007), Associate Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Translated works include "Identity, Boundaries, and Social Connections" (2008) and "The Politics of Collective Violence" (2006).
Alan Lipat, born in the Netherlands in 1936, obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 1963. He is an honorary professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, an internationally renowned political scientist, and a representative figure of the new institutionalism in political science. Main representative works include "The Politics of Compromise" (1968), "Democracy in a Diverse Society" (1977), "Institutional Design in Emerging Democratic Countries" (1996), and "The Model of Democracy" (1999).

Acknowledgments
table
Chapter 1 Introduction: Objectives and Methods
1、 Types of electoral systems
2、 Basic Methodology
3、 Review and Prospect


Chapter 2 Election System: Types, Models, and Trends
1、 Dimensions of the electoral system
2、 The other four variables of the electoral system
3、 Majority decision-making electoral system
4、 Proportional Representation System: Single Choice Zone System and Dunt Formula
5、 Effective threshold
6、 Proportional Representation System: Single Choice Zone System and Non Dunt Formula
7、 Proportional representation system: dual district system
8、 Intermediate electoral system: semi proportional representation, strengthened proportional representation, mixed proportional representation and majority decision-making
9、 General mode
10、 The empirical connection between election dimensions
11、 Trend


Chapter 3 Proportional Deviation Degree, Multi party Differentiation Degree, and Majority Victory in Elections
1、 Principles for Measuring Proportional Deviation
2、 Voting seat ratio deviation: absolute and relative values
3、 Number of effective political parties
4、 The generation of more than half of the winning candidates
5、 Political parties, party alliances, and factions
6、 The mutual influence between proportional deviation and political party system


Chapter 4: Changes in Rules between Electoral Systems of the Same Country
1、 Unidirectional Change: Election Formula
2、 Unidirectional change: effective threshold and parliamentary size
3、 Further testing
4、 Changes in Bidirectionality
5、 Internal changes in the electoral system


Chapter 5: bivariate and multivariate analysis
1、 Bivariate mode
2、 Multivariate mode
3、 Regression analysis
4、 Repeated regression analysis of merged cases


Chapter 6: Four Other Potential Explanations
1、 Sequential voting structure versus type voting structure
2、 Improper allocation of electoral quotas
3、 Presidential system of government
4、 Election connections between political parties


Chapter 7 Election Engineering: Limits and Possibilities
1、 Adjust the proportional deviation degree
2、 Shaping the political party system and achieving a majority in elections
3、 Five typical mechanisms of electoral reform
4、 The Stability of Election Engineering and Election System


Appendix
A. Proportional representation formula
B. Proportional Deviation Index and Party System Characteristics Index
C. Data: Source, Supplement, Correction, and Clarification


References
Postscript Translation