Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to understand how the rules governing those elections are chosen. Drawing on both broad comparisons

Institutions 'matter' to electoral reform advocates and political scientists - both argue that variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials

Defining Democracy reveals the history of a little-known experiment in urban democracy begun in New York City during the Great Depression and abolished amid the

When and why do democratic political actors change the electoral rules, particularly regarding who is included in a country’s political representation? The in

Schaffer reveals how tinkering with the electoral process, even with the best of intentions, can easily damage democratic ideals.