Electoral system incentives for interparty and intraparty politics / Brian F. Crisp, Patrick Cunha Silva, Santiago Olivella and Guillermo Rosas.

Author/creator Crisp, Brian F. author.
Other author Silva, Patrick Cunha, author.
Other author Olivella, Santiago, 1983- author.
Other author Rosas, Guillermo, 1971- author.
Format Book
PublicationOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Descriptionxiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesComparative politics
Comparative politics (Oxford University Press) ^A518409
Abstract "Using novel computational tools and a comprehensive and updated dataset on electoral systems, this book develops precise and transparent measures of both electoral systems' interparty and intraparty incentives."-- Provided by publisher
Abstract "Electoral systems are sets of formal rules that create incentives for strategic behavior on the part of voters, (pre-) candidates, party elites, and elected representatives. When combining the values taken by component rules into a system, the number of possible combinations is quite large, meaning that specific systems have the potential to provide precise, targeted incentives that govern relationships between political parties and within parties intraparty politics. Using novel computational tools and a comprehensive and updated dataset on electoral systems, this book develops precise and transparent measures of both electoral systems' interparty and intraparty incentives. These two simple quantities capture the extent to which a given system encourages the election of a limited number of large parties or a larger number of relatively smaller ones and the extent to which the lawmaking process will be conducted by unified, programmatic parties or by individually noteworthy politicians. They thus allow scholars to test the extent to which electoral rules shape several political outcomes, and they allow practitioners to select the electoral system that is likely to encourage the form of representation they desire. The book shows that these indicators of electoral system incentives can explain variation in interparty politics - the effective number of parties, parties' locations in the policy space, congruence between citizens' preferences and policy - and intraparty politics - the focus of campaigns, the amount of constituency service provided, the design of legislative institutions, levels of party unity, and the balance struck between programmatic policy and pork barrel politics"-- Provided by publisher
General noteAt foot of title: ECPR.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 288-297) and indexes.
ISBN9780198956556
ISBN019895655X hardcover

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