Matthew S. Shugart is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis.
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Three recent books:
Party Personnel Strategies (2021). See also more info; Google Books preview; Datasets; Article.
The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems (2018). Also on line.
Votes from Seats: Logical Models of Electoral Systems (2017). See also further info including supplementary material and data.
The list of publication below is in two columns, with journal articles in the left and books and book chapters on the right. For the book chapters, scroll down, below the books that I have co-authored. All these lists are maintained in reverse chronological order.
Journal articles
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka and Matthew S. Shugart, “Committee assignments in fragmented multiparty settings: Party personnel practices and coalition management,” Party Politics. October, 2022.
Bergman, Matthew E., Cory S. Struthers, Matthew S Shugart, Ellis S Krauss, and Robert Pekkanen. 2021. “The Party Personnel Datasets: Advancing comparative research in party behavior and legislative organization across electoral systems” Legislative Studies QuarterlyDOI: 10.1111/lsq.12365 (Open access). Data.
Cory L. Struthers, Yuhui Li, and Matthew S. Shugart, “Introducing new multilevel datas: Party systems at the district and national levels“, Research and Politics, Dec. 2018. (Open access). Data.
Yuhui Li and Matthew S. Shugart, “The Seat Product Model of the Effective Number of Parties: A Case for Applied Political Science”, Electoral Studies 41 (March, 2016: 23-34).
Audrey André, Sam Depauw, Matthew S. Shugart, and Roman Chytilek. “Party nomination strategies in flexible-list systems: Do preference votes matter?” Party Politics, first published online October 19, 2015 doi:10.1177/1354068815610974.
David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart, “Party Capacity-Building in Third Wave Democracies: How Regime Type Affects Executive Recruitment,” Democratization. 2014.
Matthew S. Shugart, “Why Ballot Structure Matters,” Perspectives on Politics 11,3 (September, 2013): 818-20.
Matthew E. Bergman, Matthew S. Shugart and Kevin A. Watt, “Patterns of Intra-Party Competition in Open-List and SNTV Systems.” Electoral Studies 32, 2 (June, 2013): 321–33.
Kuniaki Nemoto and Matthew S. Shugart, “Localism and Coordination under Three Different Electoral Systems: The National District of the Japanese House of Councillors.” Electoral Studies. 32, 1 (March, 2013): 1–12.
Mónica Pachón and Matthew S. Shugart. 2010. “Electoral Reform And The Mirror Image Of Interparty And Intraparty Competition: The Adoption Of Party Lists In Colombia,” Electoral Studies 29: 648–60.
David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart, “La nomination et la révocation du Premier ministre en régime semi-présidentiel : L’impact de la présidentialisation des partis,” Revue Internationale De Politique Comparée 17, 1, 2010. ENGLISH version (unpublished): “The appointment and dismissal of the prime minister in semi-presidential regimes: The impact of the presidentialization of parties“.
Matthew Søberg Shugart. 2007. “Mayoría relativa vs. segunda vuelta: la elección presidencial mexicana de 2006 en perspectiva comparada,” Política y gobiernoXIV, 1, Primer semestre. ENGLISH version (unpublished): “Plurality vs. Runoff Election of Presidents: The Mexican Election of 2006 in Comparative Perspective.”
Matthew Søberg Shugart, “Semi-Presidentialism: Dual Executive and Mixed Authority Patterns.” French Politics 3, 3 (2005): 323-51.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, Melody Ellis Valdini, and Kati Suominen, “Looking for Locals: Voter Information Demands and Personal Vote-Earning Attributes of Legislators under Proportional Representation.” American Journal of Political Science 49, 2 (April, 2005): 437–449.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “The American Process of Selecting a President: A Comparative Perspective.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 34, 3 (September, 2004): 632–55.
David J. Samuels and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Presidentialism, Elections, and Representation.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 15, 1 (January, 2003): 33–60.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Electoral Efficiency and the Move to Mixed-Member Systems.” Electoral Studies20, 2 (June, 2001): 173-193.
Daniel L. Nielson and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Constitutional Change in Colombia: Policy Adjustment through Institutional Change.” Comparative Political Studies 32, 3 (May, 1999): 313–41.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Presidentialism, Parliamentarism and the Provision of Collective Goods in Less-Developed Countries,” Constitutional Political Economy, 10,1 (March, 1999): 53–88.
John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Poder Executivo de Decreto: Chamando os tanques ou Usando a Caneta?” (“Executive Decree Authority: Calling out the Tanks or Filling Out the Forms?”). Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais 13, 37 (1998): 149–184.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “The Inverse Relationship Between Party Strength and Executive Strength: A Theory of Politicians’ Constitutional Choices,” British Journal of Political Science 28 (1998): 1–29.
Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy—A Critical Appraisal,” Comparative Politics 29, 4 (July 1997). Previously published in Spanish as “Juan J. Linz: presidencialismo y democracia (una revisión crítica),” Foro Internacional 33, 4 (October-December, 1993): 653–83; and Desarrollo Económico 34 (October-December 1994): 397–417; and in Portuguese as “Juan Linz, presidencialismo e democracia,” Novos Estudos CEBRAP 37 (November 1993): 191–213.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Executive–Legislative Relations in Post-Communist Europe,” Transition 13 (December 1996): 6–11.
Gary W. Cox and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Strategic Voting Under Proportional Representation,” Journal of Law Economics and Organization 12, 2 (October, 1996): 299-324.
John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Incentives to Cultivate a Personal Vote: A Rank Ordering of Electoral Formulas.” Electoral Studies 14, 4 (December, 1995): 417–39.
Gary W. Cox and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “In the Absence of Vote Pooling: Nomination and Allocation Errors in Colombia.” Electoral Studies 14, 4 (December, 1995): 441–60.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “The Electoral Cycle and Institutional Sources of Divided Presidential Government,” American Political Science Review 89, 2 (June 1995): 327–43.
Matthew Soberg Shugart and Rein Taagepera, “Plurality Versus Majority Versus Election of Presidents: A Proposal for a ‘Double Complement Rule’.” Comparative Political Studies 27 3 (October, 1994): 323-48.
Rein Taagepera and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Predicting the Number of Parties: A Quantitative Model of Duverger’s Mechanical Effect.” American Political Science Review 87, 2 (June, 1993): 455–64.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Of Presidents and Parliaments,” East European Constitutional Review 2, 1 (Winter, 1993).
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Guerrillas and Elections: An Institutionalist Perspective on the Costs of Conflict and Cooperation.” International Studies Quarterly 36 (1992): 121–52.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Leaders, Rank and File, and Constituents: Electoral Reform in Colombia and Venezuela,” Electoral Studies 11, 1 (1992): 21–45.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Electoral Reform in Systems of Proportional Representation,” European Journal of Political Research 21, 3 (1992): 207–24.
Gary W. Cox and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Comment on Gallagher’s ‘Proportionality, Disproportionality and Electoral Systems’.“ Electoral Studies 10, 4 (1991): 348–52.
Rein Taagepera and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Designing Electoral Systems.” Electoral Studies 8:1 (1989):49–58.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Patterns of Revolution,” Theory and Society 18 (1989):249–71.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Thinking About the Next Revolution: Lessons from U.S. Policy in Nicaragua,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 29,1 (Spring 1987):73–92.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “States, Revolutionary Conflict, and Democracy: El Salvador and Nicaragua in Comparative Perspective,” Government and Opposition 22,1 (Winter 1987):13–23.
Matthew F. Shugart, “The Two Effects of District Magnitude: Venezuela as a Crucial Experiment,” European Journal of Political Research 13 (1985):353–64.
Books
Matthew S. Shugart, Matthew E. Bergman, Cory L. Struthers, Ellis S. Krauss, and Robert J. Pekkanen. Party Personnel Strategies: Electoral Systems and Parliamentary Committee Assignments. Oxford University Press, in press (2021 in press).
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Erik Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. Oxford University Press, 2018. Also on line.
Matthew S. Shugart and Rein Taagepera, Votes from Seats: Logical Models of Electoral Systems. Cambridge University Press, 2017. See supplementary materials
Steven L. Taylor, Matthew S. Shugart, Arend Lijphart, and Bernard Grofman. A Different Democracy: A Systematic Comparison of the American System with Thirty Other Democracies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014.
David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart, Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers: How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior, Cambridge University Press, 2010. Winner of George H. Hallett Award, 2023.
Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg, editors, Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart, editors, Executive Decree Authority. New York: Cambridge University Press 1998.
Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart, editors, Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Translation: Spanish: Presidencialismo y Democracia en América Latina
(Buenos Aires: Paidós, 2002).
Matthew Soberg Shugart and John M. Carey, Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Winner of George H. Hallett Award, 2014.
Translations: Italian: Società Editrice il Mundo (Bologna), 1995.
Russian (chs. 2, 3): Russian Science Foundation,
Moscow, 1995.
Polish (chs. 2, 9): Scholar Wydawnictwo Naukowe,
Warsaw, 1996.
Portuguese (ch. 5): reprinted in Reeleiçao:
Aprimorando o Sistema Presidencial Brasileiro.
Deputado Mendonça Filho, ed., Brasilia:
Camara dos Deputados, 1998.
Rein Taagepera and Matthew Soberg Shugart, Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.
Winner of George H. Hallett Award, 1999.
Chapters in edited volumes
Matthew S. Shugart, “The Electoral System of Israel,” in Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society, ed. by Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung, and Gideon Rahat. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Taagepera, Rein, and Matthew S. Shugart, “Predicting Party Systems from Electoral Systems.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press, 2020. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1763.
Erik Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart, “Terminology and Basic Rules of Electoral Systems,” in The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems, ed. by Erik Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Matthew S. Shugart and Rein Taagepera, “Electoral System Effects on Party Systems,” in The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems, ed. by Erik Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Steven L. Taylor and Matthew S. Shugart, “Electoral Systems in Context: Colombia”, in The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems, ed. by Erik Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Matthew S. Shugart and Alex C. Tan, “Political Consequences of New Zealand’s MMP System in Comparative Perspective.” In Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context: Taiwan, Japan and Beyond, ed. by Nathan F. Batto, Chi Huang, Alexander C. Tan, and Gary W. Cox. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. In press (2016).
Audrey André, Sam Depauw, and Matthew S. Shugart, “The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Legislative Behavior.” in The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, ed. by Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld, and Kaare Strøm. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Matthew S. Shugart, “Why Ballot Structure Matters”. In Report of the Task Force on Electoral Rules and Democratic Governance, ed. by Mala Htun and G. Bingham Powell, Jr. Washington: American Political Science Association, 2013.
Matthew S. Shugart, “Political-Institutional Reform in Israel: A Comparative Perspective,” Fixing Israel’s Political System, ed. by Gideon Rahat, Shlomit Barnea, Chen Friedberg, and Ofer Kenig. Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2013. Published in Hebrew. Unpublished English version.
Matthew S. Shugart and David M. Farrell, “Editors’ Introduction: The Study of Electoral Systems Comes of Age,” in Electoral Systems, Vol. I, ed. by David M. Farrell and Matthew S. Shugart. London: Sage Publications, 2012.
Matthew Søberg Shugart, “Inherent and Contingent Factors in Reform Initiation in Plurality Systems,” in To Keep or Change First Past the Post, ed. By André Blais. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
André Blais and Matthew Søberg Shugart, “To Keep or Change First Past the Post: Conclusion,” in To Keep or Change First Past the Post, ed. By André Blais. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Royce Carroll and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Neo-Madisonian Theories of Latin American Institutions,” in Regimes and Democracy in Latin America, Volume 1: Theories and Agendas, ed. by Gerardo Munck. New York: Oxford University Press. 2007.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, Erika Moreno and Luis E. Fajardo, “Deepening Democracy through Renovating Political Practices: The Struggle for Electoral Reform in Colombia,” in Christopher Welna and Gustavo Gallon, eds., Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights in Colombia. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 2007.
Matthew Søberg Shugart, “Comparative Executive-Legislative Relations”, in The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, edited by R.A.W. Rhodes, Sarah Binder, and Bert Rockman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2006.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Comparative Electoral Systems Research: The Maturation of a Field and New Challenges Ahead,” in The Politics of Electoral Systems, ed. By Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Erika Moreno, Brian F. Crisp, and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “The Accountability Deficit in Latin America,” in Democratic Accountability in Latin America, edited by Scott Mainwaring and Christopher Welna. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Matthew S. Shugart, “Sistemas de Gobierno En América Latina: Frenos y Contrapesos en una Era de Globalización,” in Fernando Carillo, ed., Democracia en Déficit: Gobernabilidad y Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. Washington: Interamerican Development Bank, 2001.
Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg, “Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: A Definition and Typology,” in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds?, ed. by Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “’Extreme’ Electoral Systems and the Appeal of the Mixed-Member Alternative,” in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds?, ed. by Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg, “Are Mixed-Member Systems the Best of Both Worlds?,” with Martin P. Wattenberg, in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds?, ed. by Matthew Soberg Shugart and Martin P. Wattenberg. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Matthew Soberg Shugart and Stephan Haggard, “Institutions and Public Policy in Presidential Systems,” in Structure and Policy in Presidential Democracies, ed. by Mathew D. McCubbins and Stephan Haggard. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Stephan Haggard, Robert Kaufman, and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Politics, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Adjustment: Hungarian Fiscal Policy-Making in Comparative Perspective,” in Reforming the State: Fiscal Welfare Reform in Post-Socialist Countries, ed. by Stephan Haggard, Robert Kaufman, and Janos Kornai. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Calling out the Tanks or Filling out the Forms?,” in Executive Decree Authority, ed. by John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Institutional Design and Executive Decree,” in Executive Decree Authority, ed. by John M. Carey and Matthew Soberg Shugart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Matthew Soberg Shugart and Scott Mainwaring, “Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America: Rethinking the Terms of the Debate,” pp. 12–54 in Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America, ed. by Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Ron Archer and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “The Unrealized Potential of Presidential Dominance in Colombia,” pp. 110–159 in Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America, ed. by Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Conclusion: Presidentialism and the Party System,” pp. 394–439 in Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America, ed. by Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy—A Critical Appraisal,” in Politics, Society, and Democracy: Latin America (Essays in Honor of Juan J. Linz), ed. by Scott Mainwaring and Arturo Valenzuela. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1997.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Politicians, Parties, and Presidents: An Exploration of Post-Authoritarian Institutional Design,” pp. 40–90 in Liberalization and Leninist Legacies: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Transitions, ed. by Beverly Crawford and Arend Lijphart. Berkeley: Institute of International and Area Studies, 1997.
“Building the Institutional Framework: Electoral Systems, Party Systems, and Presidents,” chapter 10 in The Politics of the New Europe, by Ian Budge, Ken Newton, et al. Essex, UK: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.
Matthew Soberg Shugart, “Minorities, Represented and Unrepresented,” pp. 31–41 in, Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities, ed. by Wilma Rule and Joseph F. Zimmerman, Greenwood Press, 1994.
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