Liberal political equality implies proportional representation

van der Hout, Eliora and McGann, Anthony J. (2009) Liberal political equality implies proportional representation. Social Choice and Welfare, 33 (4). pp. 617-627. ISSN 0176-1714 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-009-0382-8)

Abstract

This article shows that for a single-vote electoral system for a representative body to treat all voters and all parties equally, it must produce results essentially identical to list proportional representation (PR). Democratic theory has often been agnostic concerning representative institutions. Different institutions have been compared in terms of behavioral outcomes rather than axiomatic properties. Building on van der Hout (Annual meeting of the Public Choice Society, San Diego, 2002) result, we show that for an electoral system to completely respect the principle of liberal political equality and popular sovereignty, its results must be equivalent to those of list PR.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	44508
  Dates:	Date Event November 2009 Published
  Subjects:	Political Science > Political institutions (General)
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	21 Aug 2013 10:34
  Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 10:27
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44508