Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan under the single non-transferable vote

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"In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars look at the impact of one electoral rule - the single non-transferable vote (SNTV) - on electoral competition in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Under the single non-transferable vote, each voter is allowed one vote although there is more than one seat to be filled."--BOOK JACKET. "Through comparative studies of the adoption and rejection of SNTV and the consequences of its use in various settings, the contributors explore the differences in the operation and the effects of the application of one rule in three different countries. Arguing that any single feature of a political system is embedded in a political structure and cannot be understood without studying its relationship with other parts of the political system, the authors demonstrate how the same rule can have different consequences depending on the context in which it operates."--BOOK JACKET.