From Duverger to the Seat Product : Seeking a Pattern in Experts’ Evaluation of Electoral Systems
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F21%3A00120526" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/21:00120526 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17457289.2019.1697880" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17457289.2019.1697880</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2019.1697880" target="_blank" >10.1080/17457289.2019.1697880</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From Duverger to the Seat Product : Seeking a Pattern in Experts’ Evaluation of Electoral Systems
Original language description
Widely influential Duverger’s “law” and “hypothesis” describe the main direction of influence of electoral rules on party systems, however, their formulations are quite blurry what makes their application to concrete electoral results often ambiguous. Therefore, this research conducted an original survey among electoral experts (n=131) to explore whether they apply Duverger’s rule in a consistent pattern which could lead to its less ambiguous specification. Experts’ responses revealed a considerable heterogeneity which indicates that they are often unsure about the likely outcomes of electoral systems. Nevertheless, experts were on average close to the central tendency predicted by the Seat Product Models (Taagepera, 2007) which quantifies the Duverger’s rule. Hence, experts on average think that election outcomes should look like what Seat Product Models predict. Therefore, the Models should be used as a baseline in electoral studies, because they allow more fine-grained evaluation of electoral systems.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
ISSN
1745-7289
e-ISSN
1745-7297
Volume of the periodical
31
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
408-422
UT code for WoS article
000500382500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85075925164