PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pippa Norris, The Takeaway, International Political Science Review
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Pippa norris. 1997. choosing electoral systems: proportional, majoritarian and mixed systems, . Topics: main tasks of a legislative branch and a political executive, discuss features of different systems, describe the executive and legislative arrangements in the tic cases. Pippa norris. 1997. choosing electoral systems: proportional, majoritarian and mixed systems. 2. us, ross perot 92 and 96 (proved that there was no room for a third party) 2. 93 new zealand: ended fptp, instead mixed-member system. 3. 93 italy: mixed system, through pr (bc struggling to gain a majority) 3. effective thresholds (what is the majority number to gain power) A. 83/150 countries in 93, oldest/simplest, requires 50+ majority of votes. 3. 1951 uk: conservatives won most eats with 48% of the vote, labour had won 48. 8% of. 4. 1983 thatcher: landslide in seats, only 30. 8% of the vote. 5. no governing party in the uk has won as much as half the popular vote since 1935 .
