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A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law ReformElectoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?

A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform: Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated... [During the 1980s and into the 1990s, citizens in Italy and Japan grew fed up with the politics of their country. The elite politician class of both countries faced problems of accountability and corruption. Finally, news of scandals in both countries in the early 1990s provided the impetus for substantial institutional change. By 1994, both Italy and Japan reformed the rules they used to elect politicians, with both countries instituting mixed-member electoral systems that provided simultaneously for a candidate-based single member district (SMD) tier and a larger seat magnitude proportional representation (PR) tier.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law ReformElectoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?

Part of the Studies in Public Choice Book Series (volume 24)
Editors: Giannetti, Daniela; Grofman, Bernard
Scheiner, Ethan; Tronconi, Filippo
Springer Journals — Aug 31, 2010
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Springer New York
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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
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978-1-4419-7227-9
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97 –113
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-7228-6_6
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Abstract

[During the 1980s and into the 1990s, citizens in Italy and Japan grew fed up with the politics of their country. The elite politician class of both countries faced problems of accountability and corruption. Finally, news of scandals in both countries in the early 1990s provided the impetus for substantial institutional change. By 1994, both Italy and Japan reformed the rules they used to elect politicians, with both countries instituting mixed-member electoral systems that provided simultaneously for a candidate-based single member district (SMD) tier and a larger seat magnitude proportional representation (PR) tier.]

Published: Aug 31, 2010

Keywords: Electoral System; Party System; Proportional Representation; Liberal Democratic Party; Electoral Rule

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