The authors propose a volume which will explore the reasons for, and consequences of, the increasing personalization of electoral systems.
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I think there are at least two key contributions of this book. The first is simply as a huge exercise in data gathering and in meticulous documentation of often very subtle, nuanced changes in electoral systems, from which we can start to see a pattern emerging. It has created a huge data resource for future scholars to use. I think the other is showing there has been this tendency towards greater personalisation of electoral system, trying to see the causes of that, and also looking for evidence of the consequences.
