@article{1483986,
      recid = {1483986},
      author = {Charvát, Jakub,},
      title = {The politics of electoral reform in Central Europe since  1989 : the temptation of the incumbents /},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 166 pages).},
      abstract = {This book on the politics of electoral reform in Central  Europe since 1989 explains by whom, why, and how the  electoral rules were changed in Central Europe in the  post-Communist period. Examining the contextual factors  affecting, underlying, and/or initiating these changes, the  book identifies main actors, their motivations, and other  circumstances surrounding the electoral reform processes.  It further explores their political consequences,  particularly on proportionality and personalization. Based  on a detailed analysis of electoral reform processes in  Czechoslovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia over the  past thirty years, the book discusses how the politics of  electoral reform in Central Europe is mostly driven,  controlled, and decided by politicians, with other actors  being either overlooked or ignored. Finally, it argues that  most of the cases were imposed by an elite majority, with  the sole exception of the Czech Republic, where the  politics of electoral reform were influenced by the  intervention of the constitutional court as an external  actor. The book will appeal to students, researchers, and  scholars of political science interested in a better  understanding of electoral politics in general, as well as  democratic transformation processes and electoral reform in  Central Europe.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1483986},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45083-9},
}