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Electoral Volatility in Latin America
Journal of Politics, 2018Using an original database of legislative and presidential electoral results from the democratic transitions of the 1970s and 1980s to the present day, we provide a new assessment of electoral vola...
Elizabeth Zechmeister
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Electoral Volatility in Brazil
Party Politics, 1998The study of electoral stability or volatility in Latin America calls attention to profound differences between most Latin American party systems, which are quite volatile, and West European party systems, which remain comparatively stable notwithstanding a trend toward greater volatility in recent decades.
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Dominant Party Systems and Electoral Volatility in Africa
Party Politics, 2008In a recent publication in this journal, Mozaffar and Scarritt claim to have found a puzzling combination of low fragmentation and high volatility in African party systems. However, if we look at national party systems rather than Africa-wide averages, include regime type as a variable and specify dominance, we find three different constellations ...
Matthijs Bogaards
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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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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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Electoral Volatility in Latin America
2019Abstract Latin 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.
Miguel Carreras, Igor Acácio
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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. We examine the determinants of electoral volatility in 35 African
Michelle Kuenzi +3 more
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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. We propose historical legacies, uniquely testable
Don S Lee, Fernando Casal Bertoa
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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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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 ...
Scott Mainwaring +2 more
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