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Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?

In: A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform

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  • Ethan Scheiner

    (University of California)

  • Filippo Tronconi

    (University of Bologna)

Abstract

During the 1980s and into the 1990s, citizens in Italy and Japan grew fed up with the politics of their country. The elite politician class of both countries faced problems of accountability and corruption. Finally, news of scandals in both countries in the early 1990s provided the impetus for substantial institutional change. By 1994, both Italy and Japan reformed the rules they used to elect politicians, with both countries instituting mixed-member electoral systems that provided simultaneously for a candidate-based single member district (SMD) tier and a larger seat magnitude proportional representation (PR) tier.

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  • Ethan Scheiner & Filippo Tronconi, 2011. "Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?," Studies in Public Choice, in: Daniela Giannetti & Bernard Grofman (ed.), A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform, chapter 0, pages 97-113, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpchp:978-1-4419-7228-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7228-6_6
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