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Is the Future of Electoral Reform Local? [PDF]

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, 2014
AbstractThe Electoral Reform Society has recently published two reports putting the case for electoral reform in local government. These suggest acceptance, in the wake of defeat in the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum, that the group's ultimate goal of change to the Westminster electoral system is unlikely to be fulfilled soon and that a more gradual ...
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Electoral volatility and the dynamics of electoral reform

open access: yesWest European Politics, 2016
AbstractRecent elections in Europe have shown that a context of increasing citizen distrust towards democratic institutions may lead to very high levels of electoral volatility and to the emergence of new parties. On the other hand, institutional reforms are sometimes presented as a solution to citizens’ discontent with political institutions. Focusing
Nunez Lopez, Lidia   +2 more
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Regional electoral process in a context of discussion about the project of the electoral codex of Russia

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Political Science, 2009
In the given article are analyzed pluses and minuses of different electoral systems, their applicability to the Russian conditions, considering the reforms of the electoral legislation of Russia.
E O Lisyanskaya
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El voto preferencial en las Comunidades Autónomas: propuestas y condicionantes jurídicos [PDF]

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2019
In recent years, mechanisms have been activated in order to carry out political reforms in the Autonomous Communities, due to the greater fragmentation that exists in regional parliaments and the presence of political parties that support institutional ...
Carlos Fernández-Esquer   +1 more
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Sociodemographic Characteristics and Political Attitudes as Correlates of Women Voters’ Electoral Participation in Counties in Kenya

open access: yesPolitikon, 2020
This article examines sociodemographic characteristics and political attitudes predicting women voters’ participation in the 2013 general election in Kakamega County, Kenya.
Thomas Ibrahim Okinda   +2 more
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Crackpot or Genius? Canada Steps onto the World Stage as a Democratic Innovator

open access: yesJournal of Deliberative Democracy, 2008
Concluding remarks by J.H. Snider, a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government and President of iSolon.org, delivered to Harvard University Canada Program’s Conference on Comparing the Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States: Defining ...
J. H. Snider
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THE NATIONAL PEACE COMMITTEE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTORAL TENSIONS IN NIGERIA’S 2015–2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
Research Problem: Electoral processes in Nigeria have been persistently marked by political tension and episodic violence, undermining democratic stability and public confidence.
IMRAN KAMILU MEDELA   +2 more
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On electoral engineering in Slovakia since 1989 [PDF]

open access: yesAnnales Scientia Politica, 2018
The paper analyses the politics of electoral reform since 1989 in Slovakia as it follows the earlier paper of Michal Drengubiak of 2017 in order to advance some of its conclusions.
Jakub Charvát
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From exclusion to inclusion: Assessing disability accessibility and participation in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disability and Social Justice
Efforts to enhance the political participation of persons with disabilities have gained momentum in Nigeria, leading to significant legal and policy reforms intended to make elections more inclusive. Yet, the extent to which these reforms have translated
Afeez Kolawole Shittu   +1 more
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