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The Politics of Electoral Reform in Central Europe since 1989 The Temptation of the Incumbents
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The Politics of Electoral Reform in Central Europe since 1989 [electronic resource] : The Temptation of the Incumbents / by Jakub Charvát.
ISBN
9783031450839
Edition
1st ed. 2023.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (VII, 166 p.)
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Summary
This book on the politics of electoral reform in Central Europe since 1989 explains by whom, why, and how the electoral rules were changed in Central Europe in the post-Communist period. Examining the contextual factors affecting, underlying, and/or initiating these changes, the book identifies main actors, their motivations, and other circumstances surrounding the electoral reform processes. It further explores their political consequences, particularly on proportionality and personalization. Based on a detailed analysis of electoral reform processes in Czechoslovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia over the past thirty years, the book discusses how the politics of electoral reform in Central Europe is mostly driven, controlled, and decided by politicians, with other actors being either overlooked or ignored. Finally, it argues that most of the cases were imposed by an elite majority, with the sole exception of the Czech Republic, where the politics of electoral reform were influenced by the intervention of the constitutional court as an external actor. The book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political science interested in a better understanding of electoral politics in general, as well as democratic transformation processes and electoral reform in Central Europe.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2023
Series
Springer Series in Electoral Politics,
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. The Politics of Electoral Reform: A Framework for Analysis
Chapter 2. Electoral System Change: A Theoretical Perspective
Chapter 3. Political Consequences of Electoral Reforms: Proportionality and Personalisation
Part II. Electoral Systems under Re/Construction: What Electoral Systems for new Democracies?
Chapter 4. The Most Complex Electoral System as a Compromise: The Hungarian Negotiations of 1989
Chapter 5. The Politics of Electoral Reform as a Dispute over the Role of Parties: Czechoslovak Debates in the Early 1990s
Part III. Cuius regio, eius regulae electionis: Attempts at Changing the Rules of Democracy
Chapter 6. Aiming to Secure a Parliamentary Majority: The 1998 and 1999 Electoral System Changes in Slovakia
Chapter 7. Clashing over the Rules of Democracy: The 1998-2002 Czech Electoral Reform
Chapter 8. Manufacturing the Monopoly of Power: The Electoral System Change under Orbán
Chapter 9. Constitutional Court Back on the Scene: The 2021 Czech Electoral Reform
Part IV. The Politics of Electoral Reform: A Central European Perspective
Chapter 10. Electoral Reforms in Central Europe since 1989.
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