Split-Ticket Voting in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems

Mixed electoral systems are an intriguing kind of institutional animal for constitutional designers and political scientists alike. They may not always represent the famous ‘best of both worlds’, as their effects can be complex. They may even offer specific opportunities for strategic abuse, for instance, when fake parties are used to boost compensatory seats. But they are very well suited for the controlled analysis of political behaviour in different institutional contexts. In her book Split-Ticket Voting in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: A Theoretical and Methodological Investigation, Carolina Plescia makes good use of this.… the book is clearly a very fine piece of scholarly research which clearly deserves both the 2014 Jean Blondel Prize and the soft cover edition announced by ECPR Press via Twitter on 23 November 2016. -- Julian Bernauer, 'Party Politics'

Since December 2013, Carolina Plescia has been Assistant Professor at the Department of Government, University of Vienna. She obtained her PhD in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin under the supervision of Michael Marsh and Kenneth Benoit. Her dissertation, on which this book is based, was the winner of the 2014 ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize for the best thesis in politics. Her main research interests include comparative electoral behaviour, coalition governments, representation, and research methods.