Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan under the single non-transferable vote : the comparative study of an embedded institution /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-441) and index.Winckler -- SNTV and STV compared: their political consequences in Japan, Ireland, and Malta / Arend Lijphart -- Measuring the ties that bind: electoral cohesiveness in four democracies / Kathleen Bawn, Gary W. Cox, and Frances Rosenbluth -- SNTV, STV, and Single-Member-District systems: theoretical comparisons and contrasts / Bernard Grofman -- The electoral economy of SNTV in Japan and Taiwan / Edwin A. Winckler -- Seat bonuses under the single non-transferable vote system: evidence from Japan and Taiwan / Gary W. Cox and Emerson Niou -- SNTV: An inventory of theoretically derived propositions and a brief review of the evidence from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Alabama / Bernard Grofman.The politics of reform in Japan's lower house electoral system / Brian Woodall -- Politics of electoral reforms and practices: the case of Korean SNTV elections under the Yushin Constitution / Sung-Chull Lee -- Manipulating the electoral system under the SNTV: the case of the Republic of China on Taiwan / John Fuh-sheng Hsieh -- Organizing one's support base under the SNTV: the case of Japanese Koenkai / Jean-Marie Bouissou -- Campaigning for the Japanese diet / Haruhiro Fukui and Shigeko N. Fukai -- Candidate evaluation and voting choice under the Japanese electoral system / Ichiro Miyake -- Campaigning in an SNTV system: the case of the Kuomintang in Taiwan / I-Chou Liu -- The fragmentation effect of SNTV in Japan / Steven R. Reed and John M. Bolland -- The SNTV and the politics of electoral systems in Korea / Jongryn Mo and David Brady -- The votes mattered: decreasing party support under the Two-Member-District SNTV in Korea (1973-1978) / Kap-Yun Lee -- Electoral equilibria on Taiwan / Edwin A.Mode of access: Internet