Proportional Representation, Large District Magnitude and Closed Lists
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18460%2F17%3A50013833" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18460/17:50013833 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/wps-2017-0007" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1515/wps-2017-0007</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/wps-2017-0007" target="_blank" >10.1515/wps-2017-0007</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Proportional Representation, Large District Magnitude and Closed Lists
Original language description
Choosing the type of electoral system in new democracies has become a contested issue for social scientists as well as for political actors. Contrary to the state of the public debate on the issue, the article advances the position from a multidisciplinary standpoint (political science, historical sociology, econom- ics) that proportional representation with large districts and closed lists performs better on a variety of key indicators. We review recent literature on the perfor- mance of electoral systems especially in post-communist and Latin American democracies. The article identifies the centripetal theory of democracy as a nor- mative basis for our institutional prescriptions and discusses how distinct types of political representation relate to the debate on electoral systems. We focus especially on four main concerns commonly associated with proportional rep- resentation (the rise of “extremist” parties, government instability, party system deconsolidation, and corruption and clientelism). Contrary to much of the public debate on electoral systems, we conclude that further steps towards personaliza- tion (by opening lists or reducing district magnitude) are not advisable.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
World political science
ISSN
2363-4782
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
41
Pages from-to
151-191
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85039172481