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Communist and Post-communist Studies, 2010
This paper explores the effects that different institutional mechanisms for legislative represent... more This paper explores the effects that different institutional mechanisms for legislative representation have on ethnic diversity in the lower chamber of the Romanian parliament. It uses an original data set to examine representational outcomes generated by a combination of proportional representation and reserved seats provisions. The findings highlight the benefits that Romania's choice of electoral rules generated for smaller minority communities and limitations that these rules impose on the nature and extent of legislative representation of large minority groups. The paper provides evidence for qualifying the scholarly support in favour of proportional representation. It also draws attention to potential trade-offs between communal representation and ethnic inclusiveness of main political parties that the use of special mechanisms for minority representation might encourage.
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Ensuring representation of ethnic minorities in national level decision making is one of the impo... more Ensuring representation of ethnic minorities in national level decision making is one of the important challenges that ethnically diverse societies face. A number of alternative institutional arrangements aimed at securing minority representation has been discussed 1 in the academic literature. This discussion is energized by the practical need to provide policy advice on how to craft institutions in ethnically plural states that go through the periods of democratization and/or post conflict reconciliation. While the relevance of this discussion is ensured by political developments in different parts of the world, the evidential base for judging the effectiveness of different institutional arrangements has remained somewhat limited. This is due partly to the newness of some institutional arrangements and partly to the lack of systematic inquiry into different type of consequences of choosing a specific mechanism of communal representation.
Comparative Politics, 2011
... to business should be low at the start of transition when mass mobilization and ... A stable ... more ... to business should be low at the start of transition when mass mobilization and ... A stable institutional environment characterizes the process of candidate selection in Romania. ... such budgets is confirmed, for example, by the estimates of parties' media advertisement expenditures ...
Communist and Post-communist Studies, 2010
This paper explores the effects that different institutional mechanisms for legislative represent... more This paper explores the effects that different institutional mechanisms for legislative representation have on ethnic diversity in the lower chamber of the Romanian parliament. It uses an original data set to examine representational outcomes generated by a combination of proportional representation and reserved seats provisions. The findings highlight the benefits that Romania's choice of electoral rules generated for smaller minority communities and limitations that these rules impose on the nature and extent of legislative representation of large minority groups. The paper provides evidence for qualifying the scholarly support in favour of proportional representation. It also draws attention to potential trade-offs between communal representation and ethnic inclusiveness of main political parties that the use of special mechanisms for minority representation might encourage.
Abstract will be provided by author.
Ensuring representation of ethnic minorities in national level decision making is one of the impo... more Ensuring representation of ethnic minorities in national level decision making is one of the important challenges that ethnically diverse societies face. A number of alternative institutional arrangements aimed at securing minority representation has been discussed 1 in the academic literature. This discussion is energized by the practical need to provide policy advice on how to craft institutions in ethnically plural states that go through the periods of democratization and/or post conflict reconciliation. While the relevance of this discussion is ensured by political developments in different parts of the world, the evidential base for judging the effectiveness of different institutional arrangements has remained somewhat limited. This is due partly to the newness of some institutional arrangements and partly to the lack of systematic inquiry into different type of consequences of choosing a specific mechanism of communal representation.
Comparative Politics, 2011
... to business should be low at the start of transition when mass mobilization and ... A stable ... more ... to business should be low at the start of transition when mass mobilization and ... A stable institutional environment characterizes the process of candidate selection in Romania. ... such budgets is confirmed, for example, by the estimates of parties' media advertisement expenditures ...