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Comparative Political Analysis, Ist Edition
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Comparative Political Analysis, Ist Edition

by Chetna Sharma, Pushpa Singh
January 2026
Intermediate to advanced
440 pages
22h 23m
English
Pearson India
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CHAPTER 20

Political Representation, Voting and Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective

Pushpa Singh

Reader’s Guide

The study of electoral process and systems forms the subject of extensive research engagements in the field of Comparative Politics. Electoral systems shape the wider political processes of representative governments and hence their comparative analysis can help in understanding a system profoundly. A cross-national examination of electoral systems enables us to understand the variants, their features and functioning. Such explorations would highly inform the choice in favour of a particular electoral system design, depending upon the specific requirement and political realities of that society. Among the two major categories ...

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