Electoral System Design: The New International IDEA Handbook
Electoral System Design: The New International IDEA Handbook
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选举制度设计：新国际IDEA手册
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2005
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通讯作者：
Andrew Ellis
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作者：
Andrew Reynolds;B. Reilly;Andrew Ellis
选举制度的选择是任何民主国家最重要的制度决定之一。在几乎所有情况下，选择一种特定的选举制度对有关国家未来的政治生活都有深远的影响，而选举制度一旦选定，往往保持相当稳定，因为政治利益围绕着这些制度所提供的激励因素，并对其作出反应。然而，虽然有意识的设计最近变得更加普遍，但传统上，有意识和故意选择选举制度的情况很少。这种选择基本上是偶然的，是各种情况的不寻常组合的结果，是一种暂时的趋势的结果，或者是历史的一种怪癖的结果，而殖民主义的影响和有影响力的邻国的影响往往特别强烈。
The Choice of Electoral System is one of the most important institutional decisions for any democracy. In almost all cases the choice of a particular electoral system has a profound effect on the future political life of the country concerned, and electoral systems, once chosen, often remain fairly constant as political interests solidify around and respond to the incentives presented by them. However, while conscious design has become far more prevalent recently, traditionally it has been rare for electoral systems to be consciously and deliberately selected. Often the choice was essentially accidental, the result of an unusual combination of circumstances, of a passing trend, or of a quirk of history, with the impact of colonialism and the effects of influential neighbours often being especially strong.