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Electoral Justice as a Criterion for Different Systems of Proportional Representation
Author(s) -
Laakso Markku
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1980.tb00248.x
Subject(s) - proportionality (law) , proportional representation , economic justice , representation (politics) , political science , econometrics , electoral system , positive economics , epistemology , sociology , mathematics , law , economics , philosophy , politics , democracy
Studies of the properties of different electoral systems have generally concentrated upon the question of proportionality. This article introduces the concept of electoral justice which also incorporates the decision‐making process into models of proportionality. Hypotheses derived from the concept are then tested against post‐1945 Finnish electoral data.