- Title Pages
- <b>Preface</b>
- <b>List of Figures</b>
- <b>List of Tables</b>
- <b>List of Symbols</b>
- 1 <b>How Electoral Systems Matter</b>
- 2 <b>The Origins and Components of Electoral Systems</b>
- 3 Electoral Systems—Simple and Complex
- 4 <b>The Number and Balance of Parties</b>
- 5 <b>Deviation from Proportional Representation and Proportionality Profiles</b>
- 6 <b>Openness to Small Parties: The Micro‐Mega Rule and the Seat Product</b>
- Part II <b>The Duvergerian Macro‐Agenda: How Simple Electoral Systems Affect Party Sizes and Politics</b>
- 7 <b>The Duvergerian Agenda</b>
- 8 <b>The Number of Seat‐Winning Parties and the Largest Seat Share</b>
- 9 <b>Seat Shares of All Parties and the Effective Number of Parties</b>
- 10 <b>The Mean Duration of Cabinets</b>
- 11 <b>How to Simplify Complex Electoral Systems</b>
- 12 <b>Size and Politics</b>
- 13 <b>The Law of Minority Attrition</b>
- 14 <b>The Institutional Impact on Votes and Deviation from PR</b>
- Part III <b>Implications and Broader Agenda</b>
- 15 <b>Thresholds of Representation and the Number of Pertinent Electoral Parties</b>
- 16 <b>Seat Allocation in Federal Second Chambers and the Assemblies of the European Union</b>
- 17 <b>What Can We Expect from Electoral Laws?</b>
- APPENDIX <b>Detecting Factors Other than the Seat Product</b>
- <b>References</b>
- <b>Index</b>
The Origins and Components of Electoral Systems
The Origins and Components of Electoral Systems
- Chapter:
- (p.13) 2 The Origins and Components of Electoral Systems
- Source:
- Predicting Party Sizes
- Author(s):
Rein Taagepera (Contributor Webpage)
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- Oxford University Press
When choosing an electoral system, the main tradeoff is between decisiveness of government and representation of minority views. With simple electoral systems, their average effect can be predicted. With complex electoral systems, the ability to predict their actual workings is lost. Refraining from changing electoral laws frequently allows an understanding to develop of how the electoral system works.
Keywords: decisiveness of government, representation of minorities, simple electoral systems, complex electoral systems, ability to predict, changing electoral laws
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- Title Pages
- <b>Preface</b>
- <b>List of Figures</b>
- <b>List of Tables</b>
- <b>List of Symbols</b>
- 1 <b>How Electoral Systems Matter</b>
- 2 <b>The Origins and Components of Electoral Systems</b>
- 3 Electoral Systems—Simple and Complex
- 4 <b>The Number and Balance of Parties</b>
- 5 <b>Deviation from Proportional Representation and Proportionality Profiles</b>
- 6 <b>Openness to Small Parties: The Micro‐Mega Rule and the Seat Product</b>
- Part II <b>The Duvergerian Macro‐Agenda: How Simple Electoral Systems Affect Party Sizes and Politics</b>
- 7 <b>The Duvergerian Agenda</b>
- 8 <b>The Number of Seat‐Winning Parties and the Largest Seat Share</b>
- 9 <b>Seat Shares of All Parties and the Effective Number of Parties</b>
- 10 <b>The Mean Duration of Cabinets</b>
- 11 <b>How to Simplify Complex Electoral Systems</b>
- 12 <b>Size and Politics</b>
- 13 <b>The Law of Minority Attrition</b>
- 14 <b>The Institutional Impact on Votes and Deviation from PR</b>
- Part III <b>Implications and Broader Agenda</b>
- 15 <b>Thresholds of Representation and the Number of Pertinent Electoral Parties</b>
- 16 <b>Seat Allocation in Federal Second Chambers and the Assemblies of the European Union</b>
- 17 <b>What Can We Expect from Electoral Laws?</b>
- APPENDIX <b>Detecting Factors Other than the Seat Product</b>
- <b>References</b>
- <b>Index</b>
