Electoral systems and democratization in Southern Africa /
"The design of electoral systems and executive types is increasingly being recognized as the key lever of constitutional engineering to be applied in the interests of political accommodation and stability in ethnically divided societies. In this comparative study of democratic design in Souther...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in democratization.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Reynolds, Andrew, |d 1967- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Electoral systems and democratization in Southern Africa / |c Andrew Reynolds. |
| 260 | |a Oxford ; |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c 1999. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 341 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Oxford studies in democratization | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-330) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Defining and Measuring the Trajectory of Democratization -- 2. Defining the Intervening and Explanatory Variables -- 3. Choosing an Electoral System -- 4. Majoritarian or Power-Sharing Government -- 5. Plurality Case Study Election Results: Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe -- 6. PR Case Study Election Results: South Africa and Namibia -- 7. Re-Running Elections under Alternative Electoral Systems -- 8. Cross-Country Comparisons: Legislative and Executive Inclusion -- 9. Conclusion: The Case for Democratic Optimism -- App. Crafting Districts for Re-runs. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "The design of electoral systems and executive types is increasingly being recognized as the key lever of constitutional engineering to be applied in the interests of political accommodation and stability in ethnically divided societies. In this comparative study of democratic design in Southern Africa, Andrew Reynolds finds that the decisions about how to constitute representative parliaments have wide ranging effects on the type of parties and party system that develops, the nature of executive-legislative relations, and the inclusiveness of both majority and minority interests in the process of governance. While electoral system design is the primary focus of the book, the related constitutional issues of whether to choose a presidential or parliamentary system, and whether to entrench consensual, consociational or majoritarian government are also discussed. Analysing the experiences of Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the author presents a host of revealing conclusions that help shed light on the success or failure of democratic design in other fledgling democracies, in both Africa and beyond."--BOOK JACKET. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Elections |z Africa, Southern. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Democracy |z Africa, Southern. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Africa, Southern |x Politics and government |y 1975-1994. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Reynolds, Andrew, 1967- |t Electoral systems and democratization in Southern Africa. |d Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 |w (OCoLC)607121872 |
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