- Preface and Acknowledgements to the First Edition
- Preface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
- How to use this book
- How to use the Online Resources
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- 1. Introduction
- Part One Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
- 2. Theories of Democratization
- 3. Democratic and Undemocratic States
- 4. Measuring Democracy and Democratization
- 5. Long Waves and Conjunctures of Democratization
- 6. The Global Wave of Democratization
- Part Two Causes and Dimensions of Democratization
- 7. The International Context
- 8. The Political Economy of Democracy
- 9. Political Culture, Mass Beliefs, and Value Change
- 10. Gender and Democratization
- 11. Social Capital and Civil Society
- 12. Social Movements and Contention in Democratization Processes
- Part Three Actors and Institutions
- 13. Conventional Citizen Participation
- 14. Political Parties
- 15. Institutional Design in New Democracies
- 16. The Media
- 17. Social Media
- 18. A Decade of Democratic Decline and Stagnation
- Part Four Regions of Democratization
- 19. Southern Europe
- 20. Latin America
- 21. Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe
- 22. Post-Soviet Eurasia
- 23. The Middle East and North Africa
- 24. Sub-Saharan Africa
- 25. East Asia
- Part Five Conclusions and Outlook
- 26. Conclusion: The Future of Democratization
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
(p. 228) 15. Institutional Design in New Democracies
- Chapter:
- (p. 228) 15. Institutional Design in New Democracies
- Author(s):
Matthijs Bogaards
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198732280.003.0015
This chapter focuses on electoral systems and institutional design in new democracies. It first compares Maurice Duverger’s electoral laws with those of Giovanni Sartori before discussing the main insights from the literature on electoral systems in established democracies as well as evidence from new democracies. It then considers the impact of the electoral law on the type of party system and its role as intermediary between society and government in plural societies. It also examines the party system as an independent variable, along with dependent variables such as the number of political parties, social cleavages, and presidentialism. Finally, it discusses consociational democracy and how electoral system design can be used in managing ethnic conflicts.
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- Preface and Acknowledgements to the First Edition
- Preface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
- How to use this book
- How to use the Online Resources
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- 1. Introduction
- Part One Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
- 2. Theories of Democratization
- 3. Democratic and Undemocratic States
- 4. Measuring Democracy and Democratization
- 5. Long Waves and Conjunctures of Democratization
- 6. The Global Wave of Democratization
- Part Two Causes and Dimensions of Democratization
- 7. The International Context
- 8. The Political Economy of Democracy
- 9. Political Culture, Mass Beliefs, and Value Change
- 10. Gender and Democratization
- 11. Social Capital and Civil Society
- 12. Social Movements and Contention in Democratization Processes
- Part Three Actors and Institutions
- 13. Conventional Citizen Participation
- 14. Political Parties
- 15. Institutional Design in New Democracies
- 16. The Media
- 17. Social Media
- 18. A Decade of Democratic Decline and Stagnation
- Part Four Regions of Democratization
- 19. Southern Europe
- 20. Latin America
- 21. Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe
- 22. Post-Soviet Eurasia
- 23. The Middle East and North Africa
- 24. Sub-Saharan Africa
- 25. East Asia
- Part Five Conclusions and Outlook
- 26. Conclusion: The Future of Democratization
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index