How democratic are the UK’s two proportional electoral systems?

Dunleavy, P.

(2016). How democratic are the UK’s two proportional electoral systems?

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As part of the 2017 Audit of UK Democracy, Patrick Dunleavy and DA staff examine the two proportional (PR) electoral systems now used in the UK, albeit for much smaller elections. How have they fared in converting votes into seats and fostering political legitimacy? Do they show that PR can work well under British political conditions?

Item Type	Online resource
Copyright holders	© 2016 The Author(s)
Departments	LSE > Academic Departments > Government LSE > Academic Departments > Government > Public Policy Group
Date Deposited	12 Jun 2017
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80879

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Dunleavy, Patrick

http://www.democraticaudit.com/2016/01/25/how-democratic-are-the-uks-two-fully-proportional-electoral-systems/ (Publisher)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/government/people/academic-staff/patrick-dunleavy/home.aspx (Author)
http://www.democraticaudit.com (Official URL)

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