Stadelmann D, Portmann M, Eichenberger R (2013) Preference representation and the influence of political parties in majoritarian vs. proportional systems: an empirical test. CREMA working paper series 2013-03, Center for research in economics, management and the arts (CREMA)...
Electoral system characteristics most associated with party-system compactness in the ideological space are investigated. The empirics show that more proportional systems support greater ideological dispersion, while less proportional systems encourage parties to cluster nearer the centre of the electoral space...
In modern democratic countries, the two main electoral systems are majoritarian representation systems and proportional representation systems. In majoritarian systems—also known as winner-take-all systems—the country is divided up into districts. Candidates compete for these individual district seats. The...
Free Essays from Bartleby | ballots. Governability Governability is, simply, a political system’s ability to “get work done” and is a measure of...
Dow JK (2011) Party system extremism in majoritarian and proportional electoral systems. Br J Polit Sci (in press)Dow, Jay K. 2011. "Party-System Extremism in Majoritarian and Proportional Electoral Systems." British Journal of Political Sci- ence 41 (2): 341-61....
The attempt to adopt a mixed-member proportional election system in Thailand: the near miss of the constitution drafting committee and constitution draftin... On September 19, 2006, after a long process of anti-government protests, a failed general election, and a series of speeches attacking th...