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The impact of cohabitation at democracy sustainability in mixed electoral countries: Comparative study between Lithuania and Palestine

Odah, Ramzi and Yatiban, Aminurraasyid and Rajanthiran, Sivaperegasam (2015) The impact of cohabitation at democracy sustainability in mixed electoral countries: Comparative study between Lithuania and Palestine. In: 3rd International Conference on Advances in Economics, Management and Social Study - EMS 2015, 11th to 12th April 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The authors have found a gap in studies regarding the relation between cohabitation and mixed electoral system in Lithuania and Palestine.Elgie & McMenamin (2011) has argued that cohabitation is less likely to occur when there are few or many parties in electoral system; against this statement, we argue that cohabitation is more likely to occur when electoral fractionalization is high.In the present study, by comparative method among three samples of mixed legislative elections, Lithuanian 1992, Lithuanian 1996 and Palestinian 2006, we find evidence about relation between electoral fractionalization and polarization toward big parties. That relation may explain the likelihood of cohabitations’ electoral conditions.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: ISBN: 978-1-63248-058-3 Organized by: Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sustained democracy, Cohabitation, Mixed electoral system, Duverger low, Palestinian and Lithuanian legislative elections
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions: School of International Studies
Depositing User: Dr. Aminurraasyid Yatiban
Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2017 02:08
Last Modified: 06 Jun 2017 02:08
URI: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22209

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