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Elections as Instruments of Democracy : Majoritarian and Proportional Visions
Elections as Instruments of Democracy Majoritarian and Proportional Visions Author:G. Powell In this book, a leading scholar of comparative politics asks crucial questions about modern democracies. Of the two great visions of democracy--the majoritarian and the proportional influence--which best serves as an instrument of democracy? When and why does each vision succeed or fail? G. Bingham Powell examines over 150 elections in twent... more »y democracies over the past quarter century to arrive at important and sometimes surprising conclusions.« less