Militant Democracy and the Minority to Majority Effect on the Importance of Electoral System Design
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| Publication date | 09-2022 |
| Journal | European Constitutional Law Review |
| Volume | Issue number | 18 | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 511-532 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
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| Abstract | Impact of electoral system design on democratic self-defence – ‘informal’ (content neutral) militant democracy instrument – the minority to majority effect (assigning majoritarian power to political minorities) increases risk of democratic backsliding – minority to majority goes beyond conventional systemic dichotomies as majoritarianism versus proportionalism: outcome of diverse system features – resources and incentives as explanatory mechanisms – preliminary case studies – the limitations of institutional engineering. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S157401962200027X
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