Electoral Systems
Electoral systems is a subfield of comparative politics.
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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
Japan in 1994: Out with the Old, in with the New?, Michael Blaker, 1995
Electoral Reform and the Evolution of Informal Norms in Japan, Matthew M. Carlson, 2006
Foreign Policy Begins at Home, Richard N. Haass, 2013
Racial Conflict in Global Society, John Stone and Polly Rizova, 2014
Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU; Lisa Kriegmair, Berthold Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, and Tim Heinkelmann-Wild; 2021
A Case for Congress: Shared Power for a Divided Society, Frances E. Lee, 2024
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
Term limits in parliament and electoral disconnection: the case of the Five Star Movement; Francesco Bromo, Paolo Gambacciani, and Marco Improta; 2024