1. Introduction Part I. Building Blocks: 2. What motivates actors? 3. From motivations to outcomes: exogenous factors 4. The reform process: endogenous factors Part II. Elite Majority Imposition: 5. France: the recurrent game of electoral reform 6. Italy: the search for stability 7. Japan: the persistence of SNTV 8. Elite majority imposition: comparative analysis Part III. Elite-Mass Interaction: 9. Italy: diluting proportional representation 10. Japan: the abandonment of SNTV 11. New Zealand: MMP in a Westminster setting 12. Elite-mass interaction: comparative analysis 13. Conclusions and implications Appendix: Glossary of electoral system terminology.
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