André Blais: Introduction
1: Mathew Søberg Shugart: Inherent and contingent factors in reform
initiation in plurality systems
2: Adrian Blau: Electoral reform in the UK: a veto-player
analysis
3: Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan: Election reform and (the lack of)
electoral system change in the US
4: Louis Massicotte: Electoral reform in Canada
5: R. Kenneth Carty, André Blais and Patrick Fournier: When
citizens choose to reform SMP: the British Columbia Citizens'
Assembly on electoral reform
6: Jack Vowles: Systemic failure, coordination, and contingencies:
understanding electoral system change in New Zealand
André Blais and Matthew Søberg Shugart: Conclusion
References
André Blais is Professor in the Department of Political Science in
the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal,
a research fellow with the Centre interuniversitaire de recherché
en économie quantitative (CIREQ), with the Centre
interuniversitaire de recherché en analyse des organisations
(CIRANO), and holds a Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies.
His research interests are voting and elections,
electoral systems, public opinion, and methodology. Professor Blais
has published more than 100 journal articles. His most recent books
are: Losers' Consent: Elections and Democratic Legitimacy (Oxford
University Press, 2005, with Christopher
J. Anderson, Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, and Ola Listhaug),
Election Laws in Democracies (University of Toronto Press, 2004,
with Louis Massicotte and Antoine Yoshinaka).
This is a well-written study and an excellent resource for students
and scholars alike.
*Martin Steven, International Affairs*
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