How Long to Read Electoral Systems and Party Systems

How Long Does it Take to Read Electoral Systems and Party Systems?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 36 minutes to read Electoral Systems and Party Systems by Arend Lijphart

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An electoral system is the most fundamental element of representative democracy, translating citizen's votes into representatives' seats. It is also the most potent practical instrument available to democratic reformers. This systematic and comprehensive study describes and classifies the 70 electoral systems used by 27 democracies - including those of Western Europe, Australia, Canada, the USA, Costa Rica, India, Israel, Japan, and New Zealand - for 384 national legislative and European Parliament elections between 1945 and 1990. Using comparative and statistical analyses of these systems, Arend Lijphart demonstrates the effect of the electoral formula used, the number of representatives elected per district, electoral thresholds, and of five other key features of electoral systems on the proportionality of the election outcome, the degree of multipartism, and the creation of majority parties. In the process he reveals that electoral systems are neither as diversenor as complex as is often assumed. Electoral Systems and Party Systems represents the most definitive treatment of the subject since Rae's classic study in 1967, based as it is on more accurate and comprehensive data (covering more countries and over a longer time span), and using stronger hypotheses and better analytical methods. The unique information and analysis it offers will make it essential reading for everyone working in the field.

How long is Electoral Systems and Party Systems?

Electoral Systems and Party Systems by Arend Lijphart is 209 pages long, and a total of 54,131 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Electoral Systems and Party Systems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 55 minutes to read Electoral Systems and Party Systems aloud.

What Reading Level is Electoral Systems and Party Systems?

Electoral Systems and Party Systems is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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