Election and RepresentationCork University Press, 1945 - 293 pages |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | v |
THE EXPERIMENT OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION | 1 |
Probabilities and Actualities | 22 |
Copyright | |
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absolute aristocracy authority become Burke's candidates choice citizens civilisation coalition government consent democratic dictatorship direct democracy doctrine economic Edmund Burke effect Éire election and representation elective representation electoral system equality essential exercise existence fact favour Fianna Fáil Fine Gael franchise freedom Gael Government party groups human idea individual institutions interest Ireland Irving Babbitt J. S. Mill judgement Labour party less liberty major parties majority method majority system matter means medieval ment modern moral national minorities Nationalist nature Northern Ireland oligarchy opinion organisation Parliament parliamentary democracy parliamentary representation parliamentary system party system political parties poll popular possible practice present principle problem proportional representation proportionality purposes régime representative body representative democracy representative government responsibility Revolution rulers seats sense single-member constituencies Sinn Féin social society Soviet tends theory totalitarian Treaty true Valera's virtual representation vocational votes cast whole