This topical book analyses the change of electoral rules in Italy from proportional representation toward plurality. While Italy is used as the illustrative case, the analysis has far-ranging theoretical and practical implications, and will therefore be of interest to academics and researchers...

From the wide range of voting schemes, two electoral rules, proportional representation (PR) and plurality (PL) attract primary interest. This paper examines the relationship between proportionality, voter information and a conception of the power of competing political parties under the...