In 1985, when Arend Lijphart undertook a survey of the literature, he concluded that the field
of comparative electoral systems was underdeveloped. Now, I believe we can speak of a …

It is hard to envisage representative government, save in terms of unified political parties.
Legislative voting unity is a precondition for responsible party government. Existing …

This book confronts one of the most fiercely contested issues in current political debates:
how is welfare state retrenchment possible in modern democracies despite the welfare …

Is there a distinctly antipodean populism? 1 While much scholarly attention has been paid to
populism in Europe and the Americas, little work comparatively has been done on populism …

Although there is no doubt that the constitution has been significantly reformed since the
election of New Labour in 1997 the degree to which these reforms have altered the nature of …

Since the time of Ancient Athens students of democracy have been skeptical that elections
are a way of implementing democracy, at least if democracy requires something like …

Drastic increases in the use of imprisonment; the introduction of'three strikes' laws and
mandatory sentences; restrictions on parole-all of these developments appear to signify a …

This paper analyses Ghanaian electoral geography and its accompanying political party
variations over the last decade. After re-democratisation in the early 1990s, the Fourth …

New electoral systems create learning problems for parties and electors: the parties have to
learn how to focus their campaigns and the electors how best to use their votes. This was the …

The article offers a systematic analysis of the comparative trajectory of international
democratic change. In particular, it focuses on the resulting convergence or divergence of …