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Abstract A “majoritarian turn” was identified by scholars of Asian electoral systems starting in the 1990s, based on the rise of mixed-member majoritarian electoral systems and more centripetal party competition. Beginning in the 2000s, the pendulum shifted, with more consensual approaches to democracy appearing. While maintaining the
Benjamin Reilly, Yuko Kasuya
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster +4 more
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Electoral reform in local government: alternative systems and key issues [PDF]
, 1999 The Government plans a full modernisation of local government, including annual elections and a stronger scrutiny role for elected representatives.
Dunleavy, Patrick, Margetts, Helen
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Is All Campaigning Equally Positive? The Impact of District Level Campaigning on Voter Turnout at the 2010 British General Election [PDF]
, 2015 A significant comparative literature suggests that campaigning efforts by political parties impact positively, both in terms of mobilization and turnout. However, effects are not uniform.
Cutts, D +4 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
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Runoff vs. plurality:the effects of the electoral system on local and central government behaviour [PDF]
, 2012 Plurality and runoff systems oer very different incentives to parties and coalition of voters, and demand different political strategies from potential candidates and chief executives.
Bracco, Emanuele, Brugnoli, Alberto
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Proportionality or majoritarianism? In search of electoral equity
Bajo Palabra, 2016 Finding an electoral system both equitable and efficient represents a desideratum for every electoral democracy. The electoral system is at the cornerstone of democracy and has important consequences upon the constitutional and political system as a ...
Elena Cincea
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Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2016 The article analyzes the papers and discussion of the panel session on “Explaining the Electoral Participation of Young Citizens” in the international scientific conference held at McGill University (Montreal) in June 2016 on the problems of the ...
Aleksandr S. Zhelezniakov +1 more
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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MAJORITY/PLURALITY SYSTEMS: THE CHOICE OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES? [PDF]
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2019 The electoral system of a country is related to the political, economic and social areas of life. Their functioning directly or indirectly depends on it and the different types and subtypes of electoral systems produce different effects.
D. Pastarmadzhieva
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