Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume I: The Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia

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Authors

  • Dieter Nohlen (Editor)
  • Florian Grotz (Editor)
  • Christof Hartmann (Editor)
Gives a comprehensive overview of national elections and referendums in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and South Asia. For all relevant states, the legal provisions on suffrage as well as parliamentary and presidential electoral systems are analysed in both a historical and a comparative manner. Investigates the effects of elections and electoral systems on the development of the political regimes. The concluding section summarizes the context‐specific availability and reliability of official electoral statistics. The appendix presents the basic features of the parliamentary electoral systems currently applied in the 22 states of the three regions.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Volume1
Number of pages752
ISBN (print)019924958X, 9780199249589
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15.11.2001
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Politics - Caucasus, Central asia, elections, electoral systems, Middle East, Parliamentary elections, presidential elections, referendums, south asia, suffrage