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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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Winners and Losers under Proportional Representation

open access: yesGovernment and Opposition
In elections under proportional representation (PR), proportionality between votes and seats is an ideal never achieved in reality. Discrepancies between votes and seats are most prevalent under the most widely used PR seat allocation formula, D’Hondt ...
Daniel Bochsler
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Introducing the Democratic Electoral Systems data, 1919-1945

open access: yesOpen Research Europe
This data note introduces an update to the widely-used Democratic Electoral Systems (DES) data that encompasses the period from 1919 to 1945.
Nils-Christian Bormann, Lea Kaftan
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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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Structured proportional representation

open access: yesTheoretical Computer Science, 2017
Multi-winner voting rules aiming at proportional representation, such as those suggested by Chamberlin and Courant and by Monroe, partition an electorate into virtual districts, such that a representative is assigned to each district; these districts are formed based on the voters' preferences.
openaire   +2 more sources

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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Achieving proportional representation in a reproductive health survey through social media: process and recommendations

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background The narrative surrounding women’s reproductive health has shifted from a medical model to an emphasis on reproductive well-being over different life-stages.
Ona L. McCarthy   +8 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
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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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Synchronising institutions and value systems: A model of opinion dynamics mediated by proportional representation.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Individuals increasingly participate in online platforms where they copy, share and form they opinions. Social interactions in these platforms are mediated by digital institutions, which dictate algorithms that in turn affect how users form and evolve ...
Jose Segovia-Martin, Monica Tamariz
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