User acceptance of an energy efficient office building : a study of the Norris Cotton Federal Office Building /

Item 241-A.

The effect of moisture on the thermal conductance of roofing systems /

"Issued April 1980."

Standard formats for weather data exchange among automated weather information systems /

"May 1990."

On the optimum synthesis of multipole control systems in the Wiener sense

ASTIA Document no. AD 212 466

Mobile home heating, cooling and fuel burning systems : test report /

"October 1979."

Interim performance criteria for solar heating and cooling systems in commercial buildings /

"NBSIR 76-1562."

Environmental pathways of selected chemicals in freshwater systems /

v. 1 issued October 1977 ; v. 2 issued May 1978.

The evaluation and application of chemically regenerative atmospheric control systems.

" Report ; no. TDR-269 (4560-50)-2)."

Technique of systems and procedures : a practical book on "How to do systems" /

Includes index.

Irrigation development. History, customs, laws, and administrative systems relating to irrigations, water-courses, and waters in France, Italy, and Spain. The introductory part of the Report of the state engineer of California, on irrigation and the irrigation question.

"Authorities" at end of each chapter.

Handbook : assessment protocols : durability of performance of a home radon reduction system : sub-slab depressurization systems /

"EPA/625/6-91/032."

Effects of information technology on financial services systems.

Mode of access: Internet.

Study report on the programming system for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Mode of access: Internet.

Food safety : experiences of seven countries in consolidating their food safety systems : report to Congressional requesters /

"February 2005."

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.