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Argentina

Australia: The Alternative Vote System

Bolivia: Electoral Reform in Latin America

Brazil: Candidate-Centred PR in a Presidential System

Canada: The Canadian Electoral System: A Case Study

British Columbia: Empowered Citizen Participation.

Switzerland

Swiss Direct Democracy

Chile: A System Frozen by Elite Interests

China: Village Committee Elections: First Steps on a Long March?

Germany: The Original Mixed Member Proportional System

Ecuador: The Search for Democratic Governance

European Parliament: Elections to a Supranational Body

The Spanish Electoral System - Historical Accident

Finland: Candidate Choice and Party Proportionality

Indonesia: Continuity, Deals and Consensus

Republic of Ireland: The Single Transferable Vote in Action

Israel: Electoral Reform in Israel

India - First Past the Post on a Grand Scale

Jordan - Electoral System Design in the Arab World

Japan: Adapting to a New Electoral System

Kyrgyzstan: Electoral Manipulation in Central Asia

Sri Lanka: Changes to Accommodate Diversity

Lesotho: Africa’s First MMP Electoral System

Mali: A Two-Round System in Africa

Malta: STV With Some Twists

Mexico: Democratization Through Electoral Reform

Namibia - National List PR in Southern Africa

The Netherlands

New Zealand: Learning to Live with Proportional Representation

Papua New Guinea: Electoral Incentives for Inter-Ethnic Accomodation

Poland: Between Fragmentation and Polarisation

Palestine: Political Realities Shape the System

Russia - An Evolving Parallel System

Senegal:A Parallel System in Africa

Thailand: Combating Corruption through Electoral Reform

Ukraine - The Perils of Majoritarianism in a New Democracy

United Kingdom: Electoral System Experimentation in Cradle of FPTP

United States: Ethnic Minorities and Single-Member Districts

United States: Total Recall - the election of Schwarzenegger in California

South Africa: Electoral Systems, Conflict Management and Inclusion

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