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This subfield of comparative politics instead applies [[PoliticalScience/Constructivism|constructivist]] analysis. When countries are the unit of analysis, national descriptives like ethnic cleavages and resource wealth are taken as given. Often these environmental factors explain the differential outcomes.

When parties are the unit of analysis, the structure of the state is taken as given. Often the aspects of a political system like 'district multiplicity' explain the differential outcomes.

There is structuralism, but not not necessarily individual agency.
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 * [[JapanIn1994|Japan in 1994: Out with the Old, in with the New?]], Michael Blaker, 1995
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 * [[ForeignPolicyBeginsAtHome|Foreign Policy Begins at Home]], Richard N. Haass, 2013
 * [[RacialConflictInGlobalSociety|Racial Conflict in Global Society]], John Stone and Polly Rizova, 2014
 * [[DolceFarNiente|Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU]]; Lisa Kriegmair, Berthold Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, and Tim Heinkelmann-Wild; 2021
 * [[ACaseForCongress|A Case for Congress: Shared Power for a Divided Society]], Frances E. Lee, 2024
 * [[TheEffectsOfDistrictMagnitudeOnTheNumberOfIntraPartyFactions|The effects of district magnitude on the number of intra-party factions: the case of Colombia, 1958–1990]] Germán Campos-Herrera and Patricio Navia, 2024
 * [[TermLimitsInParliamentAndElectoralDisconnection|Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection: the case of the Five Star Movement]]; Francesco Bromo, Paolo Gambacciani, and Marco Improta; 2024

Electoral Systems

Electoral systems is a subfield of comparative politics.


Description

When electoral systems are studied with strong assumptions about rationality and utility functions, it is called institutional design.

When countries are the unit of analysis, national descriptives like ethnic cleavages and resource wealth are taken as given. Often these environmental factors explain the differential outcomes.

When parties are the unit of analysis, the structure of the state is taken as given. Often the aspects of a political system like 'district multiplicity' explain the differential outcomes.

There is structuralism, but not not necessarily individual agency.


Reading Notes


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