Preface: Methodological Steps toward the Study of Embedded Institutions

Bernard Grofman

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Bernard Grofman

Sung-Chull Lee

Edwin A. Winckler

Brian Woodall

Part 1. Choices: The Politics of Electoral Engineering

The Politics of Reform in Japan's Lower House Electoral System

Brian Woodall

Politics of Electoral Reforms and Practices: The Case of Korean SNTV Elections under the Yushin Constitution

Sung-Chull Lee

Manipulating the Electoral System under the SNTV: The Case of the Republic of China on Taiwan

John Fuh-sheng Hsieh

Part 2. Campaigning under SNTV

Organizing One's Support Base under the SNTV: The Case of Japanese Koenkai

Jean-Marie Bouissou

Campaigning for the Japanese Diet

Haruhiro Fukui

Shigeko N. Fukai

Candidate Evaluation and Voting Choice under the Japanese Electoral System

Ichiro Miyake

Campaigning in an SNTV System: The Case of the Kuomintang in Taiwan

I-Chou Liu

Part 3. The Consequences of SNTV for Factions and Parties

The Fragmentation Effect of SNTV in Japan

Steven R. Reed

John M. Bolland

The SNTV and the Politics of Electoral Systems in Korea

Jongryn Mo

David Brady

The Votes Mattered: Decreasing Party Support under the Two-Member-District SNTV in Korea (1973--1978)

Kap-Yun Lee

Electoral Equilibria on Taiwan

Edwin A. Winckler

Part 4. Classification and Comparisons: The Place of SNTV in the Family of Electoral Systems

SNTV and STV Compared: Their Political Consequences in Japan, Ireland, and Malta

Arend Lijphart

Measuring the Ties That Bind: Electoral Cohesiveness in Four Democracies

Kathleen Bawn

Gary W. Cox

Frances Rosenbluth

SNTV, STV, and Single-Member-District Systems: Theoretical Comparisons and Contrasts

Bernard Grofman

Part 5. SNTV in Comparative Context

The Electoral Economy of SNTV in Japan and Taiwan

Edwin A. Winckler

Seat Bonuses under the Single Non-Transferable Vote System: Evidence from Japan and Taiwan

Gary W. Cox

Emerson Niou

SNTV: An Inventory of Theoretically Derived Propositions and a Brief Review of the Evidence from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Alabama

Bernard Grofman

References

Contributors

Index