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| 1031-3686-01 | Politics of Electoral Systems & Intra-Party Candidate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 3.0
Course description
One of the major differences across democracies is the
various electoral systems and intra-party candidate selection processes they use, which determine how voters vote, how these votes are translated into seats, and how candidates becomes parliament members. These electoral rules and candidate selection processes have important political consequences for the party systems, the legislature, legislators’ behavior, executive-legislative relations, policies and representation, to mention just a few. In this course we will define the conceptual dimensions along which electoral systems and candidate selection processes may vary. Using these concepts we will examine the impact of electoral systems and selection processes in various national cases