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How many democratic countries have conducted COVID-19 public inquiries? An exploratory study of government-led postpandemic reviews (2020-2024). [PDF]
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Electoral Systems and Electoral Misconduct
Comparative Political Studies, 2007This article is a cross-national study of the impact of electoral system design on electoral misconduct. It argues that elections held in single-member districts (SMD) under plurality and majority rule are more likely to be the object of malpractice than those run under proportional representation (PR).
Sarah Birch
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2020
As new democracies consolidate, so do their accompanying party systems. A key factor contributing to this process is the establishment of rigid electoral laws that set the rules of the game. With seven reforms since its inauguration in 1974, the Greek electoral system has been an exception to this rule.
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As new democracies consolidate, so do their accompanying party systems. A key factor contributing to this process is the establishment of rigid electoral laws that set the rules of the game. With seven reforms since its inauguration in 1974, the Greek electoral system has been an exception to this rule.
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The Choice of Electoral Systems in Electoral Autocracies
Government and Opposition, 2021AbstractThis article develops a theory to account for the variation in electoral systems in electoral authoritarian regimes. We argue that resource-rich dictators are incentivized to employ proportional representation systems to alleviate the threat from the masses and pre-empt the emergence of new opposition, while resource-poor dictators tend to ...
Eric C.C. Chang, Masaaki Higashijima
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1985
The electoral system in Britain is the product of centuries of development. It began to be put on a democratic basis at the time of the 1832 Reform Act. Subsequent Acts in 1867, 1884, 1918, 1928, 1948, 1969 and 1985 have carried forward the process of modernisation. The result is that today we have a system of universal adult suffrage in which everyone
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The electoral system in Britain is the product of centuries of development. It began to be put on a democratic basis at the time of the 1832 Reform Act. Subsequent Acts in 1867, 1884, 1918, 1928, 1948, 1969 and 1985 have carried forward the process of modernisation. The result is that today we have a system of universal adult suffrage in which everyone
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The Proportionality of Electoral Systems: Electoral Welfare and Electoral Inequality
Economics & Politics, 2002This paper argues that measuring the degree of proportionality in an electoral system is equivalent to measuring the degree of electoral inequality, defined in terms of inter‐party differences in the seats‐to‐votes ratio. It proposes an index of the degree of electoral inequality which is based on Atkinson’s (1970) index, applied originally to ...
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Electoral Systems and Electoral Integrity
2017Do formal electoral systems determine how far contests meet international standards of electoral integrity? This question touches on some classic debates in the literature seeking to understand the reasons underlying electoral reforms and the effects of these changes.
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Spurious majorities, electoral systems and electoral system change
Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 2003Although there have been many analyses of the phenomenon of 'manufactured majorities', that is, those where a party wins a majority of seats on a minority of the popular vote, there has been much less analysis of situations where this party in fact comes in second in the popular vote.
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Electoral Systems in the Making
2019Most research on electoral systems deals with the effects of institutions on political representation. However, political parties design the electoral systems, and thereby navigate between self-interest and multiple, often nonreconcilable normative ideals.
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