Electoral systems,ethnic diversity and party systems in developing democracies |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Economics, Finance & Marketing, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;2. Department of Economics, Monash University, Caulfield East, VIC 3145, Australia;1. Dept. of Political Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium;2. Dept. of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;3. Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom;1. University of Gothenburg, Sweden;2. University of Siegen, Germany;1. Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, PO Box 571040, Washington, DC 20057, USA;2. Department of Political Science, University of Maryland, 3140 Tydings Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA |
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| Abstract: | Party system nationalization is often viewed as critical to national unity, the production of public goods, and may have implications for democratic success. This paper assesses the impact of ethnic diversity and electoral rules in 74 economically developing democracies. Contrary to past studies, majoritarian electoral systems heighten the tendency of ethnic diversity to reduce nationalization while proportional representation greatly reduces its impact. Presidential systems produce higher levels of nationalization than parliamentary systems but the effect reverses as the number of presidential candidates increases. Though ethnic party bans may increase nationalization, ballot access requirements, the level of freedom, and relative prosperity have no effect. |
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