Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Legislature-Centric and Executive-Centric Theories of Party Systems and Faction Systems / Nathan F. Batto and Gary W. Cox
Part I. The Consequences of MMM on Political Coordination in Taiwan and Japan
Chapter One. The Consequences of MMM on Party Systems / Chi Huang, Ming-Feng Kuo, and Hans Stockton
Chapter Two. The Consequences of Constitutional Systems on Party Systems / Jih-wen Lin
Chapter Three. LDP Factions under SNTV and MMM / Yoshiaki Kobayashi and Hiroki Tsukiyama
Chapter Four. Executive Competition, Electoral Rules, and Faction Systems in Taiwan / Nathan F. Batto and Hsin-ta Huang
Chapter Five. Innovations in Candidate Selection Methods / Eric Chen-hua Yu, Kaori Shoji, and Nathan F. Batto
Chapter Six. Post Allocation, List Nominations, and Preelectoral Coalitions under MMM / Kuniaki Nemoto and Chia-hung Tsai
Chapter Seven. Split-Ticket Voting under MMM / T. Y. Wang, Chang-chih
Lin, and Yi-ching
Hsiao
Part II. Coordination in Mixed-Member Systems in Comparative Perspective
Chapter Eight. Thailand and the Philippines under MMM / Allen Hicken
Chapter Nine. Political Consequences of New Zealand’s MMP System in Comparative Perspective / Matthew S. Shugart and Alexander C. Tan
Chapter Ten. Presidents and Blank Votes in the Bolivian and Russian Mixed-Member Systems / Nathan F. Batto, Henry A. Kim, and Natalia Matukhno
Conclusions: Mixed-Member Systems Embedded within Constitutional Systems / Chi Huang
Contributors
Index