CHAPTER TEN: ELECTIONS AND VOTERS

a. 'The problem with PR today is not too little stability but too much, leading to governance which offends no one and therefore achieves nothing.' Discuss.

b. Explore the causes and consequences of partisan dealignment.

c. What solutions can comparative analysis offer to the problem of declining electoral turnout?

Hague & Harrop, 2010 edn, ch. 10.

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