No 2 (6): 17.

Jurisprudence

 2017

Scientific article
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Arina I. Obydennaya
PetrSU
(Lomonosova 65, Petrozavodsk),
arina.obydennaya@yandex.ru

Electoral systems in the modern world

Reviewer:
Vera Blatkova
Paper submitted on: 03/09/2017;
Accepted on: 05/21/2017;
 Abstract. Today, many countries stand on the way of hardening democracy and in this regard, the organization and conduct of every election campaign on a democratic basis are promoting the country a step closer to achieving this goal. Preference of specific electoral system depends on the balance of political forces in the legislature.The proportional system is more democratic, as more accurately reflects the preferences of the electorate. While the majority system provides the stability and steadiness of the functioning of representative authorities. Mixed electoral system designed to mitigate the disadvantages of the two main systems.Thus, the most preferred for democracy is a classical proportional system
Keywords: Electoral systems: majority, proportional, mixed, democracy, elections, electorate, representative bodies

For citation: Obydennaya, A. I. Electoral systems in the modern world. StudArctic forum. 2017, 2 (6): 17.

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