Does Proportional Representation Foster Closer Congruence Between Citizens and Policy Makers?

By André Blais, M. Bodet. 2006

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations

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• Political Institutions and the Opinion–Policy Link (2012, background): “Blais and Bodet (2006) argue that, while proportional systems do encourage coalition governments, thus pulling the government more to the centre, they also encourage a greater number and diversity of parties in the first place, which promotes representation of more extreme positions.”