... by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Latvia Elections Electoral system Representation Political parties Keywords: Latvia each candidate on their party s list. Although the system appears to maximise respon- ral sy been 06, ex cribed e ele...

...Oleh Protsyk; Lupsa Marius Matichescu This paper explores the effects that different institutional mechanisms for legislative representation have on ethnic diversity in the lower chamber of the Romanian parliament. It uses an original data set to examine representational outcomes generated...

...Gabriella Ilonszki In harmony with recent literature the article combines different approaches to describe how representation has become more complex while also more ambiguous in the process of democratic transition. First, with respect to parliament, the author argues that still a public bias...