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Een rode draad voor een blauw verhaal. De links-liberale uitwerking van mimetische representatie en de opvattingen over democratisch burgerschap in België, 1893-1900

BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2005
A red thread running through a blue story. The leftist-liberal result of mimetic representation and the views on democratic citizenship in Belgium, 1893- 1900.
R. Röttger
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Geographically Sexual?: Advancing Lesbian and Gay Interests through Proportional Representation [PDF]

, 1996
Part I of this Article explores lesbian and gay interests and representational characteristics. Part II highlights the inadequacies of a single-member districting system in representing the interests of lesbian and gay communities.
Rosenblum, Darren
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Feynman path integral in area tensor Regge calculus and correspondence principle

, 2004
The quantum measure in area tensor Regge calculus can be constructed in such the way that it reduces to the Feynman path integral describing canonical quantisation if the continuous limit along any of the coordinates is taken.
Khatsymovsky, Khatsymovsky, Khatsymovsky, Khatsymovsky, Misner, V.M. Khatsymovsky, Waelbroeck   +6 more
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The effect of ideology on policy outcomes in proportional representation systems [PDF]

In this paper we propose a model in which there are ideological and strate- gic voters who vote under poportional rule. We prove that the behavior of ideological voters matters for the determination of the outcome.
Francesco de Sinopoli, Giovanna Iannantuoni, Leo Ferraris   +2 more
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Number of electoral districts and territorial representation in the pr list system in Serbia 1992–2023

Političke Perspektive
Serbia has been applying a closed-list proportional system for ten consecutive parliamentary electoral cycles, with single at-large district that encompasses the entire territory of the country.
Dejan Bursać
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Plurality versus proportional electoral rule: study of voters' representativeness [PDF]

Thinking of electoral rules, common wisdom suggests that proportional rule is more fair, since all voters are equally represented: at times, it turns out that this is false.
Amedeo Piolatto
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Counting statistics of the Dicke superradiance phase transition

, 2013
We consider a driven single mode Dicke-Hamiltonian coupled to a dissipative zero-temperature bath. We derive the cumulant generating function for emitted photons of this quantum-critical system by using a $P$-representation of the master equation in the ...
Brandes, Tobias, Emary, Clive, Kopylov, Wassilij   +2 more
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Stability, Coalitions, and Schisms in Proportional Representation Systems [PDF]

, 1977
Methods to allocate seats in proportional representation systems are investigated in terms of underlying common-sense properties. Important among these are concepts of stability, coalition encouragement, and schism encouragement.
Balinski, M.L., Young, H.P.
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Proportionality or majoritarianism? In search of electoral equity

Bajo 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
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Municipal election systems and their implications for ethical and accountable democratic governance at eThekwini Municipality

Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation
Background: The electoral systems adopted for local government offer the citizens the democratic opportunity to elect their representatives through a proportional representative system and constituency electoral system.
Ndwakhulu S. Tshishonga
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