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7 - Linkage 1: Electoral Systems

from Part II - Linkages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2020

Brian F. Crisp
Affiliation:
Washington University, St Louis
Santiago Olivella
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Guillermo Rosas
Affiliation:
Washington University, St Louis
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Summary

Voters have two and sometimes three elected agents in separation of powers systems: the lower or only house, sometimes an upper house, and a president. The rules governing the election of each agent vary not only across countries, but also within them. In this chapter we look at the rules for each agent individually, describing the relative strength of the rules used to select them, and then conclude by thinking about electoral systems based on all of the choices voters make in a given country at a given time. In the next chapter we take up how the rules governing the policy-making process bring those agents, with their varying sets of preferences, together to determine policy outcomes.

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The Chain of Representation
Preferences, Institutions, and Policy across Presidential Systems
, pp. 119 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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