Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems

Why Study Electoral Systems? -- General Features Of Electoral Systems -- Variables In Electoral Systems -- New Zealand And Finland -- History Of The Study Of Electoral Systems -- How To Study Electoral Systems -- Proportionality Profiles Of Electoral Systems -- The Effective Number Of Parties -- Issue Dimensions And Inverse Square Law Of Coalition Durability -- Deviation From Proportionality -- Magnitude : The Decisive Factor -- Adjustment Seals, Thresholds, And Effective Magnitude -- Generalized Duverger's Rule -- From The Cube Rule To The Seat : Vote Equations -- The Cube Root Law Of Assembly Sizes -- The Law Of Minority Attrition And Prediction Of Proportionality Profiles -- Overview Of Components And Relations In Electoral Systems -- Designing Electoral Systems -- Implications For The Scientific Study Of Politics. Rein Taagepera & Matthew Soberg Shugart. Spine Title: Seats & Votes. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 279-286.