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dc.contributor.authorKarp, Jeffrey A.en_GB
dc.contributor.authorBanducci, Susan A.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-03T15:48:22Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-25T11:43:46Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T16:02:19Z
dc.date.issued2008-04en_GB
dc.description.abstractAdvocates of proportional representation (PR) often cite its potential for increasing citizen involvement in politics as one of PR's fundamental advantages over plurality or first-past-the-post systems. The assumption is that plurality electoral systems distort the translation of votes into seats, discouraging and alienating small party supporters and other political minorities. In contrast, PR systems are believed to provide greater opportunities for representation which are assumed to instil greater efficacy and increase participation. We examine this theory linking institutions to electoral participation across a diverse set of countries using data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. Using a multi-level approach we find evidence consistent with the expectations about the negative influence of disproportional systems on political minorities. Voters are also likely to have stronger partisan preferences in PR systems, which enhances political efficacy and increases voter participation. The effects of PR, however, are not all positive; broad coalitions, which are likely to be a feature of these systems, reduce political efficacy.en_GB
dc.identifier.citation38(2), pp.311-334en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0007123408000161en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/64393en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1701808&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007123408000161en_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=JPS&volumeId=38&issueId=02&iid=1701764en_GB
dc.subjectelectionsen_GB
dc.subjectpolitical partiesen_GB
dc.subjectvotingen_GB
dc.subjectvoter turnouten_GB
dc.subjectproportional representationen_GB
dc.subjectelectoral systemsen_GB
dc.titlePolitical efficacy and participation in twenty-seven democracies: how electoral systems shape political behaviouren_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2009-04-03T15:48:22Zen_GB
dc.date.available2011-01-25T11:43:46Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T16:02:19Z
dc.identifier.issn0007-1234en_GB
dc.description© 2008 Cambridge University Pressen_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1469-2112en_GB
dc.identifier.journalBritish Journal of Political Scienceen_GB


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