Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context : Taiwan, Japan, and Beyond /

After the electoral reform in 1994, Japan saw a gradual evolution from a multi-party system toward a two-party system over the course of five House of Representatives election cycles. In contrast, after Taiwan’s constitutional amendment in 2005, a two-party system emerged in the first post-reform legislative election in 2008. Critically, however, Taiwan’s president is directly elected while Japan’s prime minister is indirectly elected. The contributors conclude that the higher the payoffs of holding the executive office and the greater degree of cross-district coordination required to win it, the stronger the incentives for elites to form and stay in the major parties. In such a context, a country will move rapidly toward a two-party system. In Part II, the contributors apply this theoretical logic to other countries with mixed-member systems to demonstrate its generality. They find the effect of executive competition on legislative electoral rules in countries as disparate as Thailand, the Philippines, New Zealand, Bolivia, and Russia. The findings presented in this book have important implications for political reform. Often, reformers are motivated by high hopes of solving some political problems and enhancing the quality of democracy. But, as this group of scholars demonstrates, electoral reform alone is not a panacea. Whether and to what extent it achieves the advocated goals depends not only on the specification of new electoral rules per se but also on the political context—and especially the constitutional framework—within which such rules are embedded.

The claims of Puritanism : a sermon preached at the annual election, May 31, 1826 : before His Excellency, Levi Lincoln, governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts /

Mode of access: Internet.

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Bound in 3/4 contemporary leather.

A catalogue of the indigenous flowering and filicoid plants growing within 20 miles of Bridgewater, (Oneida co.) New York.

From Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the state of New York, made to the Legislature Feb. 28, 1832.

A flora of North America : containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico /

Includes indexes.

History of the conquest of Mexico : with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés /

Vol. 3: 8th ed.

A view of South America and Mexico, comprising their history, the political condition, geography, agriculture, commerce, &c. of the republics of Mexico, Guatemala [!], Colombia, Peru, the United provinces of South America and Chile, with a complete history of the revolution, in each of these independent states.

A later edition, with additions, was published at Hartford, 1839, under title: History of South America and Mexico ... By Hon. John M. Niles.

Report of a committee, appointed by a resolve of the legislature, June 30, 1826, to revise the laws of this state relating to towns and town officers.

Caption title.

Minutes of evidence and report of the special committee of the House of assembly of Lower Canada on the bill to make a new division of the province into counties for the purpose of a more equal representation in the House of assembly.

Mode of access: Internet.

An examination of some of the provisions of the "Act to create a fund for the benefit of the creditors of certain monied corporations, and for other purposes." Passed April, 1829; particularly as to its effects on the city of New-York.

Mode of access: Internet.

Bank bill, as it passed the Louisiana Legislature, February 1, 1842.

Mode of access: Internet.

The statutes at large; : being a collection of all the laws of Virginia, from the first session of the legislature, in the year 1619. : Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and eight. : Volume I[-XIII]. /

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A view of South America and Mexico : comprising their history, the political condition, geography, agriculture, commerce, &c. of the republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Peru, the united provinces of South America and Chile, with a complete history of the revolution in each of these independent states /

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Vol. 25 for 1899; v. 30 for 1900; v. 24, 33 for 1901; v. 12-13 for 1904; v. 16 for 1911; v. 28 for 1913; v. 10, 26 for 1914; v. 17 for 1915; v. 15, 26 for 1916; v. 19 for 1917 not published.

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