Militant Democracy and the Minority to Majority Effect: on the Importance of Electoral System Design

IF 1.6 2区社会学 Q1 LAW

European Constitutional Law Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1017/S157401962200027X

T. V. D. van der Meer, B. Rijpkema

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Abstract

Impact of electoral system design on democratic self-defence – ‘informal’ (content neutral) militant democracy instrument – the minority to majority effect (assigning majoritarian power to political minorities) increases risk of democratic backsliding – minority to majority goes beyond conventional systemic dichotomies as majoritarianism versus proportionalism: outcome of diverse system features – resources and incentives as explanatory mechanisms – preliminary case studies – the limitations of institutional engineering

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激进民主与少数对多数效应——兼论选举制度设计的重要性

选举制度设计对民主自卫的影响-“非正式”(内容中立)激进民主工具-少数对多数效应(将多数主义权力分配给政治上的少数群体)增加了民主倒退的风险-少数对多数超越了传统的系统二分法，如多数主义与比例主义:多元制度特征的结果——资源与激励作为解释机制——初步案例研究——制度工程的局限性

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