Plurality Representation
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Plurality Versus Proportional Representation
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Author : Ram Mudambi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Plurality Versus Proportional Representation written by Ram Mudambi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
The competing merits of plurality and proportional representation have intrigued political economists and political scientists for quite some time. Of primary interest is whether one or the other system is better in serving the interests of the electorate. Since theoreticians are unable to unambiguously determine the answer to this question, the issue must ultimately be decided empirically. We use data from Sicilian elections, where the system was recently altered towards the system of plurality. We are able to demonstrate that the proportional representation system engenders greater information among voters and elicits greater commitment from them than plurality. We are also able to show that in larger towns increased information causes a more dispersed vote under a proportional representation system; further, this result does not hold under plurality. This may have some implications for the size of positional rents reaped by political parties under the two electoral systems.
Plurality Majority And Proportional Representation
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Author : Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990*
Plurality Majority And Proportional Representation written by Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990* with Elections categories.
Duverger S Law Of Plurality Voting
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Author : Bernard Grofman
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-03-05
Duverger S Law Of Plurality Voting written by Bernard Grofman and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-05 with Political Science categories.
Maurice Duverger is arguably the most distinguished French political scientist of the last century, but his major impact has, strangely enough, been largely in the English-speaking world. His book, Political Parties, first translated into English in 1954, has been very influential in both the party politics literature (which continues to make use of his typology of party organization) and in the electoral systems literature. His chief contributions there deal with what have come to be called in his honor Duverger’s Law and Duverger’s Hypothesis. The first argues that countries with plurality-based electoral methods will tend to become two-party systems; the second argues that countries using proportional representation (PR) methods will tend to become multi-party systems. Duverger also identifies specific mechanisms that will produce these effects, conventionally referred to as “mechanical effects”, and “psychological effects”. However, while Duverger’s Hypothesis concerning the link between PR and multipartism is now widely accepted; the empirical evidence that plurality voting results in two-party systems is remarkably weak—with the U.S. the most notable exception. The chapters in this volume consider national-level evidence for the operation of Duverger’s law in the world’s largest, longest-lived and most successful democracies of Britain, Canada, India and the United States. One set of papers involves looking at the overall evidence for Duverger’s Law in these countries; the other set deals with evidence for the mechanical and incentive effects predicted by Duverger. The result is an incisive analysis of electoral and party dynamics.
Proportional Representation Or Plurality Voting Electoral System
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Author : Martin Okolik
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Proportional Representation Or Plurality Voting Electoral System written by Martin Okolik and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Democracy categories.
A Right To Representation
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Author : Kathleen L. Barber
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Release Date : 2000
A Right To Representation written by Kathleen L. Barber and has been published by Ohio State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Political Science categories.
"From this practice stems the endemic underrepresentation of minorities in our political life. Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act has led to increased minority electoral success, but the strategy most commonly used - creation of majority-minority districts - has come under attack in the Supreme Court.".
Plurality Rule Proportional Representation And The German Bundestag
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Author : Thomas Stratmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Plurality Rule Proportional Representation And The German Bundestag written by Thomas Stratmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
Plurality Rule Vs Proportional Representation How Much Of A Difference Do Electoral Rules Make Evidence From Germany
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Author : Thomas Stratmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Plurality Rule Vs Proportional Representation How Much Of A Difference Do Electoral Rules Make Evidence From Germany written by Thomas Stratmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
This paper examines the importance of electoral rules for legislators' behavior. It uses a quasi-natural experiment that assigns whether legislators are elected under the "first-pass-the-post" (FPTP), or the proportional representation (PR) electoral rule. The experiment is generated by the current German electoral system. This approach can identify the effect of electoral rules on legislators' behavior without being subject to a simultaneous equation bias. This approach can disentangle whether so-called pork barrel politics are due to political climate in a country or due to the electoral rule employed. We find that the FPTP system gives legislators incentives to service their geographically based constituency as evidenced by their committee assignments. Legislators elected through PR seek committees that service the party constituencies, which are not necessarily geographically based.
Plurality Ballot And Two Party Systems Proportional Representation And Multipartyism
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Author : Gisèle de Meur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Plurality Ballot And Two Party Systems Proportional Representation And Multipartyism written by Gisèle de Meur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.
Plurality Rule Proportional Representation The German Bundestag
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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Choosing An Electoral System
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Author : Arend Lijphart
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1984
Choosing An Electoral System written by Arend Lijphart and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Political Science categories.
This outstanding volume brings together major arguments on what constitutes the best electoral system, particulary on the relative merits of plurality and proportional representation