Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Legislature-Centric and Executive-Centric Theories of Party Systems and Faction Systems / Nathan F. Batto and Gary W. Cox -- Part I. The Consequences of MMM on Political Coordination in Taiwan and Japan -- Chapter One. The Consequences of MMM on Party Systems / Chi Huang, Ming-Feng Kuo, and Hans Stockton -- Chapter Two. The Consequences of Constitutional Systems on Party Systems / Jih-wen Lin -- Chapter Three. LDP Factions under SNTV and MMM / Yoshiaki Kobayashi and Hiroki Tsukiyama -- Chapter Four. Executive Competition, Electoral Rules, and Faction Systems in Taiwan / Nathan F. Batto and Hsin-ta Huang -- Chapter Five. Innovations in Candidate Selection Methods / Eric Chen-hua Yu, Kaori Shoji, and Nathan F. Batto -- Chapter Six. Post Allocation, List Nominations, and Preelectoral Coalitions under MMM / Kuniaki Nemoto and Chia-hung Tsai -- Chapter Seven. Split-Ticket Voting under MMM / T. Y. Wang, Chang-chih Lin, and Yi-ching Hsiao -- Part II. Coordination in Mixed-Member Systems in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter Eight. Thailand and the Philippines under MMM / Allen Hicken -- Chapter Nine. Political Consequences of New Zealand's MMP System in Comparative Perspective / Matthew S. Shugart and Alexander C. Tan -- Chapter Ten. Presidents and Blank Votes in the Bolivian and Russian Mixed-Member Systems / Nathan F. Batto, Henry A. Kim, and Natalia Matukhno -- Conclusions: Mixed-Member Systems Embedded within Constitutional Systems / Chi Huang -- Contributors -- Index.

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