| Seats, Votes, and the Spatial Organisation of Elections Contributor(s): Taylor, Peter (Author), Gudgin, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1907301356 ISBN-13: 9781907301353 Publisher: ECPR Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - History | Europe - General - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections |
| Dewey: 324.63 |
| LCCN: 2016438520 |
| Series: Ecpr Studies in European Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.90 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In many elections - especially those using single-member constituency systems - the allocation of seats is incommensurate with each party's share of the votes cast. Seats, Votes and the Spatial Organisation of Elections provides a convincing, rigorous analysis of this disproportionality which has not been improved on since its publication over 30 years ago. Its formal analysis, illustrated by empirical examples from a range of countries, stresses the importance of three geographies as key influences on how votes are translated into seats: the geography of partisan support (where people with different political persuasions cluster); the homogeneity of those clusters; and their relative size. Its re-publication makes this classic piece of spatial (political) science available to contemporary audiences, for whom it is as relevant as when the book first appeared in 1979; Ron Johnston's introductory essay sets the work in context and identifies its importance as the foundation for three decades of subsequent work into this key feature of electoral system operation. |