Making Votes Count Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems |
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| Author:
| Cox, Gary W. |
| Contribution by:
| Calvert, Randall L.
Eggertsson, Thrainn |
| Series title: | Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-58516-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $134.00 |
Book Description:
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The classics of electoral studies have dealt with issues of coordination, but this is the first book that employs a unified game-theoretic model to study strategic coordination worldwide and that relies primarily on constituency-level rather than national aggregate data in testing theoretical propositions about the effects of electoral laws. Winner of the Wilson Prize for the best book in political science published in 1997, the Luebbert Prize awarded to the best book in comparative...
More DescriptionThe classics of electoral studies have dealt with issues of coordination, but this is the first book that employs a unified game-theoretic model to study strategic coordination worldwide and that relies primarily on constituency-level rather than national aggregate data in testing theoretical propositions about the effects of electoral laws. Winner of the Wilson Prize for the best book in political science published in 1997, the Luebbert Prize awarded to the best book in comparative politics, and the prize for the American Political Science Association for the best book in political economy.