Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook

Download or read book Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook written by Dieter Nohlen and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005-04-14 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-ever compendium of electoral data for all 35 countries in the Americas since the introduction of universal male suffrage. An initial comparative introduction on elections and electoral systems is followed by chapters on each country, examining the evolution of constitutional and electoral arrangements and providing systematic surveys of the up-to-date electoral provisions and electoral rules. Statistics on all national elections and referendums are given in each chapter.