Duverger's Law of Plurality Voting: The Logic of Party Competition in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States

by André Blais and Shaun Bowler

Book Overview

Introduction: Evidence for Duverger's Law from Four Countries.- Voting Strategically in Canada and Britain.- Neither Representative nor Accountable: First-Past-the-Post in Britain.- Strategic Voting in the US.- Mechanical Effects of Duverger's Law in the United States.- Canada: The Puzzle of Local Three-Party Competition.- Party Inflation in India: Why Has a Multi-Party Format Prevailed in the National Party System?.- Does the United Kingdom Obey...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144191885X
• ISBN13: 9781441918857
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"