This article maps the principal types of electoral systems in use, and their effects on the political system. The crucial questions are: What matters when it comes to the degree of proportionality? And, do systems of proportional representation (PR) necessarily produce large number of partier and weak governments? The analysis show that the informal barrier for representation is high on district level in Norway, and that the 4 percent barrier to take part in the allocation of the compensatory seats seems to be an important element in the electoral system. When it comes to governing the argument is that the sharp distinction between single party and coalition governments are misleading. The voting rules do not wholly determine the number of ...
Elections are the basis of democratic governance. If they are held in free and fair manner then the ...
What is the best electoral system to increase the number of political parties represented in Parliam...
Parlamentarism in Norwegian counties better management and democracy? Since the establishment of t...
This article maps the principal types of electoral systems in use, and their effects on the politica...
Sweden has a proportional electoral system where the seats in parliament are distributed according t...
The effect that different electoral systems have on political participation is a widely discussed an...
The right to vote at elections is the strongest instrument available to the citizens to influence th...
Countries with proportional representation are increasingly introducing an electoral threshold to st...
This paper investigates the effect of political representation on the electoral outcome at the party...
This essay will cover the Swedish electoral system with a focus on the proportional representation a...
This article compares and analyzes voter turnout in the 2013 elections to the Sámi parliaments in No...
Does information about the consequences of proposals to change the Norwegian parliamentary electoral...
Political participation is promoted as a central component in a democracy. But what specifically is ...
To study the political mobilization of underrepresented groups, this article examines the effect of ...
In a representative democracy, voting in the general elections is a democratic right and turnout is ...
Elections are the basis of democratic governance. If they are held in free and fair manner then the ...
What is the best electoral system to increase the number of political parties represented in Parliam...
Parlamentarism in Norwegian counties better management and democracy? Since the establishment of t...
This article maps the principal types of electoral systems in use, and their effects on the politica...
Sweden has a proportional electoral system where the seats in parliament are distributed according t...
The effect that different electoral systems have on political participation is a widely discussed an...
The right to vote at elections is the strongest instrument available to the citizens to influence th...
Countries with proportional representation are increasingly introducing an electoral threshold to st...
This paper investigates the effect of political representation on the electoral outcome at the party...
This essay will cover the Swedish electoral system with a focus on the proportional representation a...
This article compares and analyzes voter turnout in the 2013 elections to the Sámi parliaments in No...
Does information about the consequences of proposals to change the Norwegian parliamentary electoral...
Political participation is promoted as a central component in a democracy. But what specifically is ...
To study the political mobilization of underrepresented groups, this article examines the effect of ...
In a representative democracy, voting in the general elections is a democratic right and turnout is ...
Elections are the basis of democratic governance. If they are held in free and fair manner then the ...
What is the best electoral system to increase the number of political parties represented in Parliam...
Parlamentarism in Norwegian counties better management and democracy? Since the establishment of t...