Includes bibliogr. references and index.

Primer for decision makers / Donald L. Horowitz ; Global snapshot / Richard W. Soudriette and Andrew Ellis ; Dealing with divided societies / Benjamin Reilly ; Case for power sharing / Arend Lijphart ; Impact of federalism / R. Kent Weaver ; Constitutional choices for new democracies / Arend Lijphart ; Problem with PR / Guy Lardeyret ; PR and democratic statecraft / Quentin L. Quade ; Double-checking for evidence / Arend Lijphart ; Primacy of the particular / Ken Gladdish ; Constitutional engineering in southern Africa / Andrew Reynolds ; Comment : elections in agrarian societies / Joel D. Barkan ; Rejoinder : the case for proportionality / Andrew Reynolds ; Electoral reform and stability in Uruguay / Jeffrey Cason ; Devaluing the vote in Latin America / Richard Snyder and David Samuels ; Why direct election failed in Israel / Emanuel Ottolenghi ; Politics of reform in Japan and Taiwan / Jih-wen Lin ; Curious case of Aghanistan / Andrew Reynolds ; Iraq's year of voting dangerously / Adeed Dawisha and Larry Diamond.