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446 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
Having cleared the air of this startlingly original stroke of wit, perhaps we should, with hindsight, consider the history of European electoral systems after the Second World War as a progressive dismantling of universal suffrage. It is worth asking why this happened, given that it was clear by then that this electoral ‘‘method’’ was not ‘‘dangerous’’ and that those who had made it their banner had practically never benefited from it. (221)