Essays Tagged: "Proportional Representation"
ELECTORAL REFORM IN CANADA: AN EXAMINATION OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
of intense scholarly debate. Electoral reform in Canada has been a main focus of these debates and "proportional representation (PR) is currently proposed as a solution to a large number of the countr ... abandoning traditional ideas of party representation and stable government in Canada" (p. 323).1.2 Proportional RepresentationIt is believed by many that the proportional representation system can ov ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Question: Do electoral systems effect the type and form of government resultant from the election? Contrasting France and England
he differing results of single-member plurality (commonly referred to as "first past the post") and proportional representation highlight the potential of an electoral system to affect the structure o ... the 1997 elections when the Liberal party secured 46 seats with only 16% of the popular vote .In a proportional representation system the number of seats a party receives is directly related to the n ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
Should Canada adopt Proportional Representation?
Should Canada Adopt Proportional Representation?The purpose of an election is to provide a routine mechanism for selecti ... ed States use single-member plurality, while continental European liberal democracies generally use proportional representation (PR). To ensure increased fairness and as a step in reducing western ali ... s--0.7% of the total. In the 1997 election they won 19% of the votes but only 6.6% of the seats. (1)Proportional Representation is an electoral system designed to ensure that parties, or groups of vot ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Diversity in school and life.
rsity education system.Students with inferior academic credentials are admitted in order to achieve proportional representation of races or simply to increase diversity on campus. "Many selective univ ... s are admitted over more qualified ones, there would be little call for affirmative action, because proportional representation would be achieved while still accepting only the applicants with the hig ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934? The Nazi regime: How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-45? The Nazi regime: What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
many no longer had a Kaiser, but instead a chancellor who was to be elected. The voting system used proportional representation, which counted the number of seats each party had, depending on the numb ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The Canadian Electoral System and its need for Reform
g Canada's FPTP system and its leading alternative, proportionate representation (PR), mixed member proportional (MMP) under the PR system can be a practical alternative to the first-past-the-post ele ... can be a practical alternative to the first-past-the-post electoral system. The benefits of the PR proportionality and FPTP stability and accountability are achieved, producing a system where the nee ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
America-Democratic Nation By: Tan Ly
ngs about. These flaws in our government can only be solved while being more altruistic, initiating proportional representation, and "the power of context". These three ideas point out the roots of th ... no condescension based on social status and wealth.De Waal's views on altruism, Guinier's ideas on proportional representation and Gladwell's notion of "he power of context" all go to support a simil ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Problems Faced By The Weimer Republic.
e up the broadly based Weimar Coalition. Although democratic, the coalition operated on a system of proportional representation - in other words if party A, for example, gets 10% of the votes then the ... ample, gets 10% of the votes then they would get 10% of seats in the Reichstag. The introduction of proportional representation became a controversial issue and was the subject of much criticism at th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Electoral Systems of Germany and Finland
t have electoral system similarities are those of Germany and Finland. They both use systems of the proportional representation model. Proportional representation, also called "full representation" is ... ame into being in 1906. Elections then were held the next year. These elections were the first free proportional elections for both men and women. Since 1906, all women and men have been eligible to v ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
"Fixing Elections" Essay
Voting systems on policy is a tricky business, often shedding more heat than light" (224). Having a proportional voting system seems to be the most reasonable suggestion suggested in the book. The min ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The effects of the first world war on Italy and the growth of Fascism
democracy. All men were given the vote and the electoral law of August 1919 meant that a system of proportional representation was in place.The idea of mass democracy was very different to what had b ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Electoral Politics
er, it also talks about different types of electoral politics. They are single-member majoritarian, proportional representation and mixed plurality.牋牋牋牋As for the structure ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Canada's Electoral System
cessary for reform to take place. After assessing Canada's FPTP system and its leading alternative, proportional representation (PR), mixed member proportional (MMP) under PR can be seen as a viable a ... rtional (MMP) under PR can be seen as a viable alternative to FPTP. Under MMP, the benefits of PR's proportionality and FPTP's stability and accountability are achieved, resulting in a system where th ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
A Report on the importance of three main problems facing the Weimar Republic
s, without parliamentary support, in a time of emergency." (Pg 83 CONFLICT, COMMUNISM, AND FASCISM) Proportional representation means, "lots of small, powerless parties and frequent changes in governm ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Problems of the Weimar Republic up to 1923
hstag. Within the Reichstag, as opposed to having only parties of the same political stance it used proportional representation of all votes, leading to a parliament seating a group of parties which a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History
Identify any Three factors, which made the Weimar republic unstable in the early 1920s.
many.In early 1920's, the Weimar government was so weak, and the biggest reason of its weakness was proportional representation of parties in it. Proportional representation means, that amount of memb ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Devolution: Compare differences between Scottish Parliament and Westminster
n the House of Commons. The Scottish Parliament, however, has adopted the electoral system known as Proportional Representation, in particular, the Additional Member System (AMS). AMS is a combination ... ast, thus the Government represents a broader range of public opinion.Basing the election system on proportional representation means that the Scottish Executive, might be made up of a coalition betwe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Compromise of 1861
er how the government would be made up. The northern states and Madison wanted and proposed to have proportional representation, which meant that they would have a majority because there were more peo ... mise, which consisted of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House would be made up by proportional representation and the Senate would be run under equal representation. Another issue st ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Reformation Of Equal Rights Politics In Germany An
litical parties presents a challenging obstacle. In terms of the voting system, the mixed system of proportional representation and majority vote for candidacy makes for a battle for a position on the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History
Affirmative Action, this is a position paper on affirmative action. It would be most useful for someone trying to say affirmative action is wrong.
ver the hard business of developing a formerly oppressed people to the point where they can achieve proportional representation on their own . . . and goes straight to for the proportionate representa ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights