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Author: Marc Guinjoan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.520kg
ISBN: 9781472439086
ISBN 10: 1472439082
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 August 2014
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'This book provides us with a novel theory to resolve a well-known puzzle in comparative politics: why do parties compete in races they cannot win? It includes valuable new insights to understand strategic party behaviour. This book can inform policy makers and electoral engineers alike about the consequences of overlapping arenas in a system of multi-level governance.'Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim, Germany'This book constitutes an impressive empirical and theoretical contribution to a better understanding of the logic behind political parties' decisions to run in non-viable electoral districts under a stable Duvergerian equilibrium. The author shows that the presence of so called contamination effects between different electoral districts mostly occurs due to the presence of multi-tiered electoral contexts where political arenas overlap. This book is a must for experts in electoral systems, party systems and comparative politics in general.'Mariano Torcal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
'This book provides us with a novel theory to resolve a well-known puzzle in comparative politics: why do parties compete in races they cannot win? It includes valuable new insights to understand strategic party behaviour. This book can inform policy makers and electoral engineers alike about the consequences of overlapping arenas in a system of multi-level governance.' Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim, Germany 'This book constitutes an impressive empirical and theoretical contribution to a better understanding of the logic behind political parties' decisions to run in non-viable electoral districts under a stable Duvergerian equilibrium. The author shows that the presence of so called ""contamination effects"" between different electoral districts mostly occurs due to the presence of multi-tiered electoral contexts where political arenas overlap. This book is a ""must"" for experts in electoral systems, party systems and comparative politics in general.' Mariano Torcal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Author Information
Marc Guinjoan is doctor in Political Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His research interests are focused on electoral systems and party strategies. He is also interested in political behaviour, as well as in decentralisation processes and in nationalism. He has published articles in international journals as Social Sciences Quarterly, Nations and Nationalism or Regional and Federal Studies, as well as some book chapters and journal articles in reviews in Catalan and Spanish, including a recent book on Catalan politics. He is currently researcher for the Making Electoral Democracy Work project.
