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A comparative spatial analysis of majoritarian and proportional elections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This study estimates spatial representations of recent elections in Canada, France, The Netherlands and Israel. Its purpose is to test whether there exist systematic differences in the extent of spatial dispersion among parties and candidates in the ...
Dow, Jay K.
core   +2 more sources

Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral Systems

open access: yes
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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Electing a parliament [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We present a model where a society elects a parliament by voting for candidates belonging to two parties. The electoral rule determines the seats distribution between the two parties.
De Sinopoli, Francesco   +2 more
core   +1 more source

De Gustibus Est Disputandum: The role of agricultural and applied economists in an era of behavior change initiatives and endogenous preferences

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Popular society increasingly questions preferences that drive many resource allocations and production decisions, with many groups actively seeking to alter those preferences to achieve changes to resource use. Agricultural and applied economists, who are already equipped with excellent technical skills to undertake consumer preference and ...
Brian E. Roe
wiley   +1 more source

Proportionality or majoritarianism? In search of electoral equity

open access: yesBajo 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
doaj  

Political participation from a citizenship perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Conventional academic studies on political participation mostly focus on electoral politics including electoral systems, political party structures and their interaction with other governmental processes. These studies adopt an approach that presumes the
Kadioglu, Ayse Gulden   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Politica delle alleanze, bipolarizzazione, frammentazione: le tre parole chiave delle elezioni regionali del 16 aprile 2000

open access: yesQOE-IJES, 2001
La struttura dell'offerta: una variabile decisiva. Il formarsi di coalizioni catch-all. La partecipazione elettorale: meno votanti, più voti di preferenza. La competizione maggioritaria: regioni "sicure"e regioni "marginali".
Aldo Di Virgilio
doaj   +1 more source

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