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A Geographical Analysis of Dutch Electoral Volatility 1994–2012
Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 2016ABSTRACTIn the past two decades, Dutch electoral volatility has been one of the highest in Europe. This study analyses this phenomenon from a geographic perspective. In contrast to the prevalent use of electoral volatility, as a method for comparison of national political systems, the differences within a single national context are examined. Electoral
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On the causes of electoral volatility in Asia since 1948
Party Politics, 2021Electoral stability has been viewed as an essential condition for the healthy functioning of representative democracy. However, there is little agreement in the literature about what shapes the stability of the electorate in general nor much attention paid to that of the Asian electorates in particular.
Don S Lee, Fernando Casal Bertoa
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Extra- and within-system electoral volatility
Party Politics, 2016We analyze the remarkable differences in the electoral success of new parties and compare the determinants of electoral volatility attributable to new versus established parties. We base our findings on an original data set of total volatility, extra-system volatility, and within-system volatility for 67 democratic countries across all regions of the ...
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Electoral Volatility in Latin America
2019Latin American political systems experience significant levels of institutional uncertainty and unpredictability. One of the main dimensions of this institutional and political instability is the high level of electoral volatility in the region. In the last 30 years, traditional parties that had competed successfully for several decades abruptly ...
Miguel Carreras, Igor Acácio
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Elections, Electoral Systems and Volatile Voters
2009PART I What Democratic Elections Are, and What They Are Not Electoral Systems in Contemporary Advanced Democracies: Basic Principles and their Mechanics Majoritarian Systems Proportional Systems Mixed-Member Systems PART II Electoral Rules: How Effective and Why The French 2RS: Suited for Comparative Research?
BALDINI, GIANFRANCO, A. Pappalardo
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An approximation problem in computing electoral volatility
Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2007Abstract This paper is focused on an approximation problem which often arises when volatility is computed from electoral databases. Volatility is a key dimension in studies on electoral change or stability in party systems [M.N. Pedersen, The dynamics of European party systems: changing patterns of electoral volatility, European Journal of Political ...
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The economic determinants of electoral volatility in Africa
Party Politics, 2017Democratic performance and party system institutionalization (PSI) are thought to be integrally linked. Electoral volatility is an important dimension of PSI and has thus been the focus of many studies. Despite the attention given to electoral volatility, its determinants remain elusive.
Michelle Kuenzi +3 more
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Electoral Volatility in Postcommunist Belarus
Party Politics, 2000Since the fall of communism nearly a decade ago, a series of important changes have occurred within the party system of Belarus. On the one hand, there is a potential for party system stabilization, given relatively stable party competition, the acceptance of parties as legitimate political actors in the electoral game, and the existence of ...
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The Association of Electoral Volatility and Religious Riots in India
Politics and Religion, 2020AbstractWhy are religious riots between Hindus and Muslims endemic in some states of India and not in others? Scholarship on the topic is divided between those arguing that electoral competition increases the occurrence of such riots and those arguing that electoral competition decreases the occurrence of such riots. Both types of explanations assume a
Prashant Hosur Suhas, Vasabjit Banerjee
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The Social Origins of Electoral Volatility in Africa
British Journal of Political Science, 2010This article utilizes the statistical analysis of an original dataset of African legislative seat volatility levels and three case studies to demonstrate that the size and configuration of politically salient ethnic groups bear a strong relationship with patterns of legislative seat volatility in Africa.
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