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.

Democracy and social ethics,

Series title also at head of t.-p.

Democracy and social ethics /

Introduction -- Charitable effort -- Filial relations -- Household adjustment -- Industrial amelioration -- Educational methods -- Political reform -- Index.

The work of liberalism since the great Reform Act. A summary of political history, 1832-1905.

Mode of access: Internet.

Coordinated information sharing and homeland security : hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 7, 2002.

"Serial no. 107-182."

The reform act, 1832; the correspondence of the late Earl Grey with His Majesty King William IV. and with Sir Herbert Taylor, from Nov. 1830 to June 1832;

Mode of access: Internet.

The American political science review.

Editors: 1906-16, W.W. Willoughby and others; 1917-25, J.A. Fairlie and others; 1926- F.A. Ogg and others.

Realities and ideals; social, political, literary and artistic.

Partly republished from various sources.

Recommendations for systemic reform of funding for elementary and secondary education in Illinois /

The recommended foundation level for school funding shall be determined based on a methodlogy which incorporates the basic education expenditures of low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.

Political pamphlets

A collection of miscellaneous pamphlets on politics.

Speeches on social and political subjects with historical introductions.

I. Military flogging. Queen Carolina. Libel on the Durham clergy. Army estimates. Holy alliance. Education. Law in Ireland. Imprisonment for debt. Bedchamber question. Wellington Speeches.--II. Commerce and manufactures. Liverpool election. Liverpool Mechanics'institute. The slave trade. Case of Rev. John Smith. Negro slavery. The slave trade. Emancipation of negro apprentices. Eastern slave trade. Present state of the law. Local courts. Parliamentary reform. Poor laws.

Cobbett's weekly political register.

Editor: William Cobbett.

Social security reform : information on using a voluntary approach to individual accounts : report to the ranking minority member, Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate /

"GAO-03-309."

Human capital : further guidance, assistance, and coordination can improve federal telework efforts : report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives /

GAO-03-679.

Accounting reform and investor protection : hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on the legislative history of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, accounting reform and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other public companies.

Shipping list number: 2003-0249-P (volumes 1-2, 4), 2003-0247-P (volume 3).