In preparing this chapter i received generous assistance particularly from two colleagues. Persson, tabellini and trebbi 2003 proposed that plurality electoral systems should lead to lower corruption compared to propor. Thus, the book includes detailed studies of the operation of electoral systems in 22 countries. Lindberg department of political science, lund university, po box 52, lund 221 00, sweden abstract based on an original data set of elections in africa, this article addresses the orthodoxy of theoretical hypotheses regarding the e. Explaining the origins and change of electoral institutions. The political consequences of electoral laws book, 1971. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585 arend lijphart university of california sun diego a systematic analysis of the relationships between the main electoral system variables electoral formula, district magnitude, and ballot structure and electoral outcomes the degrees of disproportionality and multipartism in the 20. Electoral laws as political consequences explaining.
Since these relationships are found in any political system with institutionalized. The pros and cons of the electoral college smartasset. Unknown electoral laws and their political consequences. The impact of raes work on the way in which electoral systems are now studied is clear. Electoral systems and corruption wordpress websites. Political consequences of pacific island electoral laws pdf, 161kb jon fraenkel doi. Kae found electoral laws to have a noticeable impact on the party systems of the european nations he examined. Maurice duvergers wellknown sociological law was that firstpastthepost electoral rules tend. Jan 10, 2011 the electoral system has often been considered an important determinant of the political stability that the federal republic of germany has enjoyed in the halfcentury of its existence, so that it has been often indicated as a model for electoral reforms in other democracies. Yale university press, 1967 election law 173 pages. Electoral laws and their political consequences author.
Arend lijphart, the political consequences of electoral laws, 194585, in. The design of an electoral system is a political and highly sensitive process that has significant implications for, among other things, the distribution of political power, the inclusivity of elected bodies and the stability of political institutions. A decade of electoral violence in africa, 2004 to 20 electoral violence has, in certain instances, catalyzed prolonged political conflict. Third, it studies the politics of electoral systems. Pdf this article looks at the impact of electoral laws on political parties. The polemicists for proportional representation at organizations like fair vote ontario. Electoral laws and their political consequences, 1986. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585 arend lijphart university of california san diego a systematic analysis of the relationships between the main electoral system variables electoral formula, district magnitude, and ballot structure and electoral outcomes the degrees of disproportionality and multipartism in the 20. The bedrock in which the political consequences of electoral laws are grounded consists of a twofold process, which duverger delineated as two forces working together. Analysing and categorising political parties in the pacific islands pdf, 249kb roland rich doi. Drafting electoral laws is a critical undertaking and should take care to use plain language where possible and avoid conflicting references, usually, major changes to electoral laws cannot be undertaken if the electoral process is about to begin. Yale university press, 1967 feel free to contribute with a summary under comments.
Out dated data points but the laws have not changes much in the funtions just political theather and identity politics have. Though the urbansuburban socioeconomic, racial, and partisan divide has been a persistent feature of american politics, its growth in the last half century has been exceptional. I then survey a variety of principal explanations of the origins and change of electoral laws, followed by a focus on several key issues involved. He has also published numerous articles in leading journals on comparative politics and democratic theory. It focuses on empirical research, rather than on the implicitly normative. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585 american. The political consequences of electoral laws new haven, connecticut. Pdf the impact of electoral laws on political parties. Preface and acknowledgments pdf, 34kb introduction. Unknown electoral laws and their political consequences created date. The pros and cons of raising the minimum wage pro 2. The effect of campaign finance laws on electoral competition. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585 arend.
Voter id laws skew democracy in favor of whites and those on the political right. Electoral laws and their political consequences representation, vol 1 by bernard grofman, arend lijphart et al. According to cox, the analysis of the political consequences of electoral laws can be seen in terms of their influence on the electoral coordination of political actors at two levels. Political parties and tradition in melanesia pdf, 106kb steven ratuva doi. Once these consequences are known, we are in a position to tackle the crucial normative question of which is the best electoral system. The mechanical effect of electoral systems describes how the electoral rules constrain. The findings of this study concur with much of lijpharts analysis. Political consequences of felon disenfranchisement in the united states universal suffrage is a cornerstone of democratic governance. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585. The political consequences of electoral laws in latin america.
Electoral laws as political consequences explaining the. Berinsky massachusetts institute of technology a number of electoral reforms have been enacted in the united states in the past three decades. The political system in australia approximated a twoparty system with the labor party on the left pitted against several coalition parties on the right. This raises the question of whether electoral systems matter, of what concrete impact they have on political life.
Political consequences of3 pacific island electoral laws jon fraenkel at first sight, the pacific islands seem like a graveyard for institutional determinist theories regarding the impact of electoral systems on party polarisation. Department of political science, trinity college, university of dublin, dublin, ireland. It treats each countrys electoral system as, potentially at least, constituting a political issue in its own right. This article revisits arend lijpharts 1990 reanalysis of douglas raes the political consequences of electoral laws 1971 using data from latin america and the caribbean. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. However in the political consecccs of electoral laws. Electoral and policy consequences of voter turnout. Electoral laws and their political consequences published. It provides a clean, widely accepted ending to the election most of the time. Deakin was the second prime minister of the commonwealth and a member of the protectionist party. Notwithstanding their frequent laments about the weakness of political. Electoral systems are almost always instituted and changed as much to protect and favor some interests as to realize an ideal set of electoral laws. His edited and coedited books include choosing an electoral system praeger, 1984, electoral laws and their political consequences agathon press, 1986, and parliamentary versus presidential government oxford university press, 1992.
The electoral system has often been considered an important determinant of the political stability that the federal republic of germany has enjoyed in the halfcentury of its existence, so that it has been often indicated as a model for electoral reforms in other democracies. The political consequences of electoral laws, 1945. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585 volume 84 issue 2 arend lijphart skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Take for instance cote divoires 5month dispute over the 2010 presidential election in which an estimated 3,000 were killed and. The aim of this book is to provide an overview of recent research on electoral laws and their political consequences by scholars who have helped shape the field. Electoral laws and the japanese party system springerlink. Rae 197 1 the political consequences of electoral laws.
The second section thus examines the political consequences of electoral laws. Electoral laws and their political consequences uci school of. Electoral laws and their political consequences keywords. The political consequences of electoral laws in latin. The political consequences of electoral laws was pub lished in 1967, it was almost instantly rec ognized as a great scholarly breakthrough. In addition to analyzing consequences of electoral laws, the paper examines the political rationale behind these laws. Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads, pdfs sent to. The political consequences of electoral laws douglas w.
It can influence many factors of political importance, both in the short and the long run. A second edition was published in 1971, and it has maintained its stellar reputation as the most important book in the field of comparative electoral systems ever since. Benoit argues in partisan environments, political parties often. Explaining the origins and change of electoral institutions, authorkenneth benoit, year2007. Because felon voting rules are statespe cific, the handful of earlier studies of the po litical consequences of felon disenfranchise ment estimated the average impact of disen franchisement on election turnout rates across the states hirschfield 2001. Professor banno junji of the university of tokyo institute of social science not only lent me the original copy of his masters thesis on electoral laws and party politics in midmeiji japan, but also drew my attention to minobe tatsukichis 1930 article on a related topic. Douglas w rae this study analyzes relationships between electoral laws and political party systems on a crossnational scale. Good resurce for understanding the fracturization, defracturizatin effects of electoral laws, with the context applied of the stats or nations involved.
In electoral laws as political consequences, benoit contests duvergers hypothesis in order to assert that the causal relationship between electoral systems and party systems is either reversed or endogenous in nature. Glynn z, and nahomi ichino x abstract what is the effect of electoral systems on corruption. Political parties in the pacific islands anu press. The political consequences of electoral laws in latin america and the caribbean this article revisits arend lijpharts 1990 reanalysis of douglas raes k. Manipulating electoral rules to manufacture singleparty. The political consequences of electoral laws, 194585 volume 84 issue 2 arend lijphart. As levels of criminal punishment have risen in the united states, however, an everlarger number of citizens have lost the right to vote. I then survey a variety of principal explanations of the origins and change of electoral laws, followed by a focus on several key issues involved in treating electoral laws as political consequences. The electoral college gives small states more weight in the political process than their population would otherwise confer. Felon disenfranchisement 777 democratic contraction. At first sight, the pacific islands seem like a graveyard for institutional determinist theories regarding the impact of electoral systems on party polarisation. The theoretical literature on the impact of electoral laws on party systems has focused primarily on the anlellrpean nations e.
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