Discuss the impact of the electoral system on the party system

Order Description

To Start with a litrature review of 1400 to 1500 words

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Please note, that none of the questions can be answered without both making a choice of organisation/institution/case and generally narrowing the question down. This is a part of the exercise. You will marked on the ability to answer the question you pose, your choice of arguments and how well you are able to support your argument by references to the literature. It is necessary to connect with the literature and argue for the choice of literature. Poor referencing (style and usage) will lead to deduction in the mark for the essay.

Discuss the impact of the electoral system on the party

system

• Variation across time or across countries

• Define the various forms of electoral systems you will be

looking at

• Define the various party systems

• Discuss the linkage between electoral system and party

system

• E.g. electoral volatility, effective number of parties, index of

disproportionality

• From the literature review set up the analysis, i.e. which

factors do you look at – there are many, you can’t look at all

of them

Analysis:

– Present how the electoral system choice can have

an impact on the party system

– I.e. what parts of electoral system

– Again, keep close to your definitions early on

• Conclusion

– Necessary to have a stringent conclusion, i.e.

which electoral systems impact party systems

what way – all of them will impact.

Structure:

Intro 400 words

Who are you going to address this? theory and cases

Litrature review 1500 words

Relavent litrature and do a review and it should address how the theory helps shed light on the question

Cases 400 words

What institutions are you analysing, what is the variation?

Analysis 1800 words

How is the question dealt with in the particular institutions you are studying?

Show evidence in argument – existing studies

Conclusion 400 words

– Argue for your choice of litrature and theory

– Argue fore choices of cases, what us the variation

– Present your thoughts in a coherent and rigorous way

– Reference correctly