Project Gutenberg 2004-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 53 Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) 1864 1935 Ashworth, Thomas Ramsden Ashworth, Henry‏ Ashworth, H. P. C. 01025126 Proportional Representation Applied to Party Government: A New Electoral System Reading ease score: 47.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Martin Pettit and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Proportional Representation Applied to Party Government: A New Electoral System" by T.R. Ashworth and H.P.C. Ashworth is a political treatise written in the early 20th century, around the turn of the century. The book examines the principles and practice of political representation, particularly in the context of party government in Australia, while arguing for an electoral reform that balances majority rule with adequate representation for minorities. The opening of the book sets the stage for a critical analysis of existing electoral systems and their impact on party governance. The authors introduce the concept of representation, tracing its historical development and principles, emphasizing the need for effective organization and leadership in political parties to avoid fragmentation. They critique various electoral reform proposals, particularly those advocating for a purely proportional representation system, arguing instead for a reform that allows for proportional representation within two main parties. This reform aims to ensure both majoritarian governance and adequate minority representation, countering the ongoing tensions of factionalism in contemporary politics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Representative government and representation Proportional representation JF Text Browsing: Economics Browsing: Politics 373801 373802 2024-10-06T13:03:28.564725 2023-09-07T03:45:14.492778 text/html text/html 376388 2020-12-19T00:42:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 125576 2020-12-19T00:42:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 231961 2024-10-06T13:03:37.027800 application/epub+zip 236099 2024-10-06T13:03:32.571795 application/epub+zip 187677 2024-10-06T13:03:31.164799 application/epub+zip 533910 2024-10-06T13:03:40.574732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506870 2024-10-06T13:03:36.152683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265408 2022-09-07T16:33:54.186203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355528 355472 2024-10-06T13:03:28.015821 2023-09-07T03:45:14.064791 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355341 2020-12-19T00:42:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120203 2020-12-19T00:42:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355333 2020-12-19T00:42:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120180 2020-12-19T00:42:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21783 2024-10-06T13:03:40.712722 application/rdf+xml 26746 2024-10-06T13:03:31.754805 image/jpeg 4796 2024-10-06T13:03:31.466733 image/jpeg 230028 2024-10-06T13:03:28.596751 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia