Territory and Electoral Rules in Post-Communist DemocraciesThe book extends research on the territorial structure of party systems (party nationalization) to 20 post-communist democracies. It explains party nationalisation as a consequence of ethnically oriented politics, and shows how party nationalisation can increase our understanding of electoral systems. |
Contents
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2 The Puzzle of Electoral Systems Impact in PostCommunist Democracies | 15 |
3 How to Measure Party Nationalisation | 37 |
4 Explaining the Nationalisation of Party Systems in Central and Eastern Europe | 58 |
5 How Party Systems Develop in Mixed Electoral Systems | 86 |
The Joint Effect of Electoral Rules and Territory | 132 |
An Institutional Model to Predict the Number of Parties in Central and Eastern Europe | 163 |
Appendices | 174 |
Notes | 177 |
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