Is Duverger's Law Working in South Korea? An Analysis of District-Level Elections 1988–2012
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy S Rich (0000-0001-8940-958X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 164-180 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185377.2014.906313 |
| OpenAlex | W2039537708 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
How do electoral rules shape competition? District level data from South Korea's seven legislative elections since democratization (1988-2012) provides a means to test one of the oldest findings in political science: Duverger's Law. South Korea provides a unique opportunity to analyze variation in mixed election rules, where seats are allocated in both single member districts (SMDs) and by a nationwide party list by proportional representation (PR), as the country has used three different electoral formulas over the time period. Through quantitative analysis, evidence of a gradual reduction in the number of candidates is evident as is a more nuanced influence of regionalism on vote concentration
Democracy · Democratization · Duverger's law · Electoral geography · General election · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Primary election · Proportional representation · Regionalism (politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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Mixed-Member Electoral Systems
Regionalism
Korea's Democratization
Social Structure and Party Support in the East Asian Democracies
Political Parties
The Impact of Parliamentary Electoral Systems in Russia
The Effective Number of Parties
Strategic Ticket Splitting and the Personal Vote in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems
Intra-Party Politics and Minority Coalition Government in South Korea
Effective” Number of Parties
Interaction Effects in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems
Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Comparative Pork Barrel Politics
Strategic Voting in the 1996 Japanese General Election
The Timing of Split-Ticket Voting Decisions in Mixed Systems
Electoral Institutions, Cleavage Structures, and the Number of Parties
Plurality Rule, Proportional Representation, and the German Bundestag
Going It Alone? Strategic Entry under Mixed Electoral Rules
Contamination effects and the number of parties in mixed-superposition electoral systems
Electoral politics in South Korea
Mixed electoral systems and electoral system effects
Predicting the Number of Parties
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |