Monthly Archives: January 2015

Competing Without Chances (II)

By Marc Guinjoan, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona What is the story? In real-life elections, it is not uncommon for some parties to compete even if they have no chance of winning or gaining parliamentary seats. According to most theories of party competition, the existence of a cost of entry (i.e., the cost of running a […]

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Competing Without Chances (I)

By Marc Guinjoan, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona What is the story? In real-life elections, it is not uncommon for some parties to compete even if they have no chance of winning or even of gaining parliamentary seats. According to most theories of party competition, the existence of a cost of entry (i.e., the cost of […]

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Gender Quotas in Single Member Districts

By Gabrielle Bardall, University of Montreal What is the story? Single-member district (SMD) electoral systems have a bad reputation as far as women’s political representation is concerned. In comparison to proportional representation-based systems (PR), they have been widely considered to disfavour the election of women for a plethora of reasons. In particular, the single most […]

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