The political system is consociational, consensual, multi-party and corporatist (Lijphart, 1984; 1999 — see Figure 3.1 in Chapter 3, above). Elections take place according to a system of proportional representation. In the recent period the main parties have been Christian Democrat (a 1980s ...
elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; vice prime ministers appointed by the monarch note: there is also a Council of State composed ...
As Duverger (1954) and Riker (1953) have observed, there appears to be a relationship between the electoral rule in place, and the number of political parties in the polity. A highly majoritarian (or plurality) system tends to result in just two parties, while an electoral system based on...
The political system is consociational, consensual, multi-party and corporatist (Lijphart, 1984; 1999 — see Figure 3.1 in Chapter 3, above). Elections take place according to a system of proportional representation. In the recent period the main parties have been Christian Democrat (a 1980s ...
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elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; vice prime ministers appointed by the monarch note: there is also a Council of State composed of...
Arend d'Angremond Lijphart (born 17 August 1936, Apeldoorn, Netherlands) is a political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics. He received his PhD in Political Science at Yale University in 1963, after studyin...
The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament Annemarie Sprokkereef Part of the book series: EU Election Studies ((EUES)) Abstract After World War II, the old Dutch pillarised social and political system reemerged. There was also a new and strong political consensus that as a small country...
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This article argues that the entrance of the Lijst Pim Fortuyn in the Dutch Parliament after the May 2002 elections shows the relevance of the Schattschneider–Mair thesis of party system change. Fortuyn introduced a new line of conflict that restructured party competition in the Netherlands. The ...