Proportional Representation, Large District Magnitude and Closed Lists

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Proportional Representation, Large District Magnitude and Closed Lists

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Proportional Representation, Large District Magnitude and Closed Lists

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

World political science

ISSN

2363-4782

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

41

Strana od-do

151-191

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85039172481