Originally published in 1958 at a time when many African and Asian nations were newly independent or going through the process of independence, this book sets out the facts and arguments which have to be considered in designing and running electoral systems. The book treats the problems of free elections in Africa and Asia objectively and uncontroversially, without pre-supposing any previous training in political science. The discussion of 'free elections' raises large issues about political norms and ideologies and about the working of political systems in different societies, and the book tackles these questions head on. The book gives a balanced account of the whole issue of elections, covering on the one hand qualifications and voting systems, and on the other hand less ‘political’ questions of administration and control, which are of equal importance in the working of an electoral system.
Originally published in 1958 at a time when many African and Asian nations were newly independent or going through the process of independence, this book sets out the facts and arguments which have to be considered in designing and running electoral systems
1.Introductory Part 1: Voters and Candidates
2. The Voters General
Qualifications and Disqualifications
3. Special Qualifications
4. Communal
Representation
5. The Candidates Part 2: Methods of Voting
6. Indirect
Elections
7. The First Past the Post System and its Variants
8. The Single
Transferable Vote
9. List Systems of Proportional Representation
10.
Electoral Engineering Part 3: Administration and Adjudication
11. Methods of
Management
12. Delimitation of Constituencies
13. The Register
14. Polling
Stations
15. Voting and Counting the Votes Part 4: Electoral Morality and Its
Enforcement
16. The Main Issues
17. Intimidation and Public Order
18. Corrupt
Practices
19. Money in Elections
20. Conclusion: The Pathology of Elections.
W.J.M. 'Bill' Mackenzie was Chair of Government and Administration at the University of Manchester and Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow. He was a constitutional advisor to the new states of Tanganyika and Kenya.
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