Rein Taagepera
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199287741
- eISBN:
- 9780191713408
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199287741.003.0015
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
The nationwide threshold of minimal representation is the average vote share needed to win one seat in the assembly. It is close to 38% divided by the square root of the seat product (assembly size ...
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The nationwide threshold of minimal representation is the average vote share needed to win one seat in the assembly. It is close to 38% divided by the square root of the seat product (assembly size times district magnitude). If greater inclusion of political minorities is desired, this threshold can be lowered by increasing district magnitude and/or assembly size. The number of serious or pertinent parties might be close to square root plus fourth root of district magnitude, plus one.Less
The nationwide threshold of minimal representation is the average vote share needed to win one seat in the assembly. It is close to 38% divided by the square root of the seat product (assembly size times district magnitude). If greater inclusion of political minorities is desired, this threshold can be lowered by increasing district magnitude and/or assembly size. The number of serious or pertinent parties might be close to square root plus fourth root of district magnitude, plus one.
Rafaela M. Dancygier
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691172590
- eISBN:
- 9781400888108
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691172590.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter explains when and why parties will pursue exclusion, symbolic inclusion, or vote-based inclusion and discuss how each inclusion type is associated with distinct candidate and ...
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This chapter explains when and why parties will pursue exclusion, symbolic inclusion, or vote-based inclusion and discuss how each inclusion type is associated with distinct candidate and mobilization types. The inclusion of candidates belonging to minority groups is one important tool that parties can deploy when they seek to expand or reshape their electoral coalitions. The selection of candidates thus critically defines what and whom a party stands for. As such, candidate selection is directly tied to minority political inclusion. The chapter then addresses how the distribution of minority and majority preferences will influence the kind of candidates and voters that parties will seek to recruit, and specifies how variation in partisanship, electoral geography, mobilizational capacity, and political competition affects the causes and consequences of minority inclusion.Less
This chapter explains when and why parties will pursue exclusion, symbolic inclusion, or vote-based inclusion and discuss how each inclusion type is associated with distinct candidate and mobilization types. The inclusion of candidates belonging to minority groups is one important tool that parties can deploy when they seek to expand or reshape their electoral coalitions. The selection of candidates thus critically defines what and whom a party stands for. As such, candidate selection is directly tied to minority political inclusion. The chapter then addresses how the distribution of minority and majority preferences will influence the kind of candidates and voters that parties will seek to recruit, and specifies how variation in partisanship, electoral geography, mobilizational capacity, and political competition affects the causes and consequences of minority inclusion.
Rafaela M. Dancygier
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691172590
- eISBN:
- 9781400888108
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691172590.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
As Europe's Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, Muslim views on religion, tradition, and ...
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As Europe's Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, Muslim views on religion, tradition, and gender roles can deviate sharply from those of the majority electorate, generating severe trade-offs for parties seeking to broaden their coalitions. This book explains when and why European political parties include Muslim candidates and voters, revealing that the ways in which parties recruit this new electorate can have lasting consequences. The book sheds new light on when minority recruitment will match up with existing party positions and uphold electoral alignments and when it will undermine party brands and shake up party systems. It demonstrates that when parties are seduced by the quick delivery of ethno-religious bloc votes, they undercut their ideological coherence, fail to establish programmatic linkages with Muslim voters, and miss their opportunity to build cross-ethnic, class-based coalitions. The book highlights how the politics of minority inclusion can become a testing ground for parties, showing just how far their commitments to equality and diversity will take them when push comes to electoral shove. Providing a unified theoretical framework for understanding the causes and consequences of minority political incorporation, and especially as these pertain to European Muslim populations, the book advances our knowledge about how ethnic and religious diversity reshapes domestic politics in today's democracies.Less
As Europe's Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, Muslim views on religion, tradition, and gender roles can deviate sharply from those of the majority electorate, generating severe trade-offs for parties seeking to broaden their coalitions. This book explains when and why European political parties include Muslim candidates and voters, revealing that the ways in which parties recruit this new electorate can have lasting consequences. The book sheds new light on when minority recruitment will match up with existing party positions and uphold electoral alignments and when it will undermine party brands and shake up party systems. It demonstrates that when parties are seduced by the quick delivery of ethno-religious bloc votes, they undercut their ideological coherence, fail to establish programmatic linkages with Muslim voters, and miss their opportunity to build cross-ethnic, class-based coalitions. The book highlights how the politics of minority inclusion can become a testing ground for parties, showing just how far their commitments to equality and diversity will take them when push comes to electoral shove. Providing a unified theoretical framework for understanding the causes and consequences of minority political incorporation, and especially as these pertain to European Muslim populations, the book advances our knowledge about how ethnic and religious diversity reshapes domestic politics in today's democracies.
