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Title: Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems by Rein Taagepera, Matthew Soberg Shugart, Matthew Soberg Dhugart ISBN: 0-300-04319-8 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A modern "classic"!
Comment: In its first year of eligibility, this book won the George Hallett Prize given by the Organized Section on Representation and Electoral Systems of the American Political Science Association, a testimony to its status as a "must" addition to the library of anyone interested in electoral systems and their impact. It introduces innovative concepts and arguments and applies them to controversial theses and theoretical claims in the traditional literature and well-known empirical data in ways that yield insights in a field already heavily "cultivated" over the past century by leading scholars. The analytic tools and methodological commentaries provided will shape our study of such matters for decades to come. Chapters vary notably in their level of sophistication and difficulty, but with proper input from the instructor on the more difficult topics and arguments the book is appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate courses in the field and an essential text for graduate-level ones.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent theoretical and empirical analysis of elections.
Comment: This book is an unique combination of theoretical and empirical research of the working and consequences of electoral systems. They provide the reader a wide range of tools for their own analysis of elections. It is very useful for graduate students and researchers in the field of comparative political analysis.

Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant Work--destined to be a classic in the field
Comment: Taagepara and Shugart have produced the most insightful and intuitive book on electoral systems I have ever read. It is easy to follow, the methodology is clearly laid out, and the results are both interesting and provocative. This book will become a staple for graduate classes across the country