A critique of Lijphart's “electoral systems and party systems”

Penadés, Alberto

doi:10.1016/s0261-3794(96)00059-5

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“…The first is that much of the recent theoretical literature on voter and elite coordination in party systems focuses on the district magnitude rather than the electoral threshold (Cox, 1997(Cox, , 1999. Second, it is not clear that the method for constructing effective thresholds is theoretically justified (Penadés, 1997). This is partly due to the problems associated with capturing the effect of district magnitudes and compensatory/ additional seats in a single number.…”

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Explaining Variation In The Success Of Extreme Right Parties In Western Europe

Golder

2003

Comparative Political Studies

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Methodological problems associated with selection bias and interaction effects have hindered the accumulation of systematic knowledge about the factors that explain cross-national variation in the success of extreme right parties. The author uses a statistical analysis that takes account of these problems to examine the effect of electoral institutions, unemployment, and immigration on the support for these parties. The data set used in this analysis is new and spans 19 countries and 165 national elections. There are four substantive conclusions. The first is that it is important to distinguish between neofascist and populist parties on the extreme right because their fortunes depend on different factors. The second is that populist parties do better in countries where the district magnitude is larger and more seats are allocated in upper tiers. The third is that although immigration has a positive effect on populist parties irrespective of the unemployment level, unemployment only matters when immigration is high. Finally, there is evidence that the permissiveness of the electoral system mediates the effect of immigration on populist parties.

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Explaining Variation In The Success Of Extreme Right Parties In Western Europe

Golder

2003

Comparative Political Studies

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“…The average district magnitude is calculated by simply dividing the total number of seats in the legislature by the number of districts. For details on the discussion surrounding the calculation of effective thresholds see Lijphart, 1994Lijphart, : 26-30, 1997Penades, 1997;Taagepera, 1998. Strictly speaking, when inferred from the average district magnitude, the effective threshold of an electoral system is not a specific percentage of the vote but is a range of possibilities between the upper threshold and the lower threshold.…”

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Does PR promote political extremism? Evidence from the West European parties of the extreme right1

Carter

2004

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Democracy Transformed?

Cain¹,

Dalton²,

Scarrow³

2003

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This book examines how established democracies have responded to citizen demands for greater access, transparency, and accountability. In a series of coordinated chapters, a team of international collaborators assesses the extent of institutional reform in contemporary democracies, and evaluates how the core actors of representative democracy are responding to the new structures. Different sections examine change in electoral institutions and practices, and in citizen input and influence through non-electoral institutions such as courts, bureaucracies, and Freedom of Information laws. Concluding chapters put the observed changes in theoretical perspective, and ask whether they constitute a transformation of democracy.

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A critique of Lijphart's “electoral systems and party systems”

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Explaining Variation In The Success Of Extreme Right Parties In Western Europe

Explaining Variation In The Success Of Extreme Right Parties In Western Europe

Does PR promote political extremism? Evidence from the West European parties of the extreme right1

Democracy Transformed?

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