Sumino, Takanori

Traditionally, a profound disagreement has existed between centripetal and consociational theorists over which electoral system is best suited to managing ethnic conflicts in deeply divided societies. The first part of this paper provides a brief overview of the two groups' approaches, with a focus on the Alternative Vote (AV), Single Transferable Vote (STV) and party-list proportional representation (list-PR). The second part illustrates how the choice of voting system depends on the social and demographic conditions of a given society and why the application of preferential voting systems advocated by centripetalists should be limited under certain circumstances

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Electoral Engineering in Divided Societies : The Choice of Electoral System and Contextual Conditions

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Electoral Engineering in Divided Societies : The Choice of Electoral System and Contextual Conditions

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