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Parliamentary representation of national minorities in Serbia and Hungary: Mechanism for effective participation of minorities, or tool for political manipulation? [PDF]
In multiethnic states, in which numerically large national, ethnic or linguistic minorities exist with a strong distinct identity, the principle of democracy requires that these groups have representatives in parliaments.
Korhecz Tamás
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I sistemi elettorali nelle regioni a statuto ordinario: un'analisi comparata
The goal of this paper is to answer the following question: what are the regional electoral systems in Italy now? After sixteen years of «electoral federalism», the electoral systems used to elect the President and the Regional Council have suffered ...
Nicolas Alejandro Cunial +1 more
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Electoral Systems and Corruption [PDF]
Recently, many scholars have tried to explain how electoral systems are linked to corruption Several theories emerged but still no consensus has been reached. With a dataset of about 50 democratic countries considered over 10 years we try to understand which of the effects highlighted in the theoretical literature domínales.
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On the dual nature of suffrage : Electoral systems and voting rights
One measure of a democratic rule of law is how the state defines the framework for the exercise of representative democracy, and who it grants the right to participate in representative democracy (i.e. who it considers to belong to the people).
Gábor Kurunczi
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Abstract This chapter examines the Portuguese electoral system. Firstly, it unpacks its institutional building blocks by examining districts, magnitude, and the electoral formula. Secondly, it examines the historical roots of the electoral system to understand the incentives that led constitution-makers to choose particular electoral ...
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Stylized facts appear in electoral processes worldwide, from Brazil to India. Here, we update a statistics carried on in Mexican elections but considering the inhomogeneities in electoral districts through the Nominal List (NL) (the list of valid ...
H. Hernández-Saldaña
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The effect of political institutions on the size of government spending in European Union member states and Croatia [PDF]
This paper presents an overview of theoretical and empirical research on the interaction between political institutions and economic variables. Using the dynamic panel model, the paper also investigates the indirect effects of electoral systems on the ...
Martina Basarac Sertic +1 more
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The literature on forms of particularism explores the impact of institutional variables on what is denoted, alternatively, as constituency service, pork-barrel politics, or corruption.
Simona Piattoni +1 more
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Come in Italia? Riforme elettorali e sistema politico in Giappone
Italia e Giappone: due casi comparabili? Il Giappone: il sistema elettorale del 1947 e il "sistema del 1955". La scissione del Partito Liberal-democratico e le elezioni del 1993. Il nuovo sistema elettorale del 1994. Le elezioni del 1996: il
Antonio Boselli
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Three predictions on July 2012 Federal Elections in Mexico based on past regularities [PDF]
Electoral systems are subject of study for physicist and mathematicians in last years given place to a new area: sociophysics. Based on previous works of the author on the Mexican electoral processes in the new millennium, he found three characteristics ...
Hernández-Saldaña, H.
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