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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Herron, Erik S., editor. | Pekkanen, Robert, editor. |

Shugart, Matthew Soberg, 1960– editor.

Title: The Oxford handbook of electoral systems / edited by Erik S. Herron,

Robert J. Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart.

Other titles: Handbook of electoral systems

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018. |

Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017038798 | ISBN 9780190258658 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Elections. | Elections—Case studies. | Representative

government and representation. | Representative government and

representation—Case studies. | Comparative politics. | BISAC: POLITICAL

SCIENCE / History & Theory. | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.

Classification: LCC JF1001 .O94 2018 | DDC 324.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017038798

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