Electoral Institutions and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More Than Others
Torben Iversen,David Soskice — Electoral Institutions and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More Than Others (2006)Torben Iversen; David Soskice · 2006 · Article · abstractTheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0636 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Party-list proportional representation · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“One influential analysis argues that proportional systems produce more redistribution than majoritarian ones because centre-left governing coalitions dominate under PR, while centre-right governments dominate under majoritarian rules.”
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Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries (2nd ed.)
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