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Does a Least-Preferred Candidate Win a Seat? A Comparison of Three Electoral Systems

open access: yesEconomies, 2015
In this paper, the differences between two variations of proportional representation (PR), open-list PR and closed-list PR, are analyzed in terms of their ability to accurately reflect voter preference.
Yoichi Hizen
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Justice and equality for all? Proportional representation in Belgium and France (1883-1921)

open access: yesSequência: Estudos Juridicos e Politicos, 2021
Whereas 19th century Belgium is traditionally framed as heavily dependent on France, this image ought to be nuanced for its political system. During what Pierre Rosanvallon named the transnational ‘proportional moment’ (1899-1914), the introduction of ...
Frederik Dhondt
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Zastoupení členských zemí v Evropském parlamentu po volbách 2019 [The EU Member States’ Representation in the European Parliament after the 2019 Elections] [PDF]

open access: yesActa Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni, 2020
Modern democratic political systems are hardly conceivable without political representation. This also applies to the European Union, a unique international organisation with a directly elected and fully-fledged assembly representing the EU citizens ...
Jakub Charvát
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Administrasi Publik, Pembangunan dan Kemajemukan Etnis

open access: yesJKAP (Jurnal Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik), 2015
The appalling aftermath of massive riots in Indonesia during the crisis has, in a way, reflected the inability of public administration to be an intermediary between the state and the people in a multi-ethnic society.
Sofian Efendi
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Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo

open access: yesBrazilian Political Science Review, 2018
This article proposes a new interpretation of the regional distribution of votes in the dispute for legislative offices in Brazil. The literature has traditionally understood regionalization to be evidence that politicians deliberately create zones of ...
Glauco Peres da Silva, Graziele Silotto
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Fairness in Algorithmic Decision-Making: Applications in Multi-Winner Voting, Machine Learning, and Recommender Systems

open access: yesAlgorithms, 2019
Algorithmic decision-making has become ubiquitous in our societal and economic lives. With more and more decisions being delegated to algorithms, we have also encountered increasing evidence of ethical issues with respect to biases and lack of fairness ...
Yash Raj Shrestha, Yongjie Yang
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High Representation of Women in Parliament and Proportional Electoral System: Does This Relationship Work in Russia?

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2021
What factors influence the level of representation of women in parliaments? There are several explanatory models in the research literature, but a broad consensus is formed around one. Research shows that there is a strong correlation between the level of
R. S. Mukhametov
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Ideological Cleavage under Open-list Proportional Representation: Parties’ Position toward the 2019 Indonesian Presidential Threshold

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2021
This article examines the ideological position of Indonesia’s political parties in addressing the 2019 presidential threshold under the open-list proportional representation system.
Ridho Al-Hamdi
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This Stalin Frankenstein System

open access: yesRSA Journal, 2007
Starting in the second half of the 1910s, some American cities tried to attach proportionalist reforms to their new municipal charters. Many campaigns failed, a few were successful. Among the latter, a relevant one took place in New York City in 1935-36.
Michele Rosa-Clot
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Why the Proportional Representation System Fails to Promote Minority Interests?

open access: yesPCD Online Journal, 2017
Proportional representation (PR) is favoured as the most suitable form of electoral system for multi-ethnic societes because it allows every vote to be counted. It, therefore, provides a strong incentive for minority parties and other political groups to
Minna Thaheer
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