Open-list PR and Ethnic Representation: Context and Competition

• In Event: Representation in List Systems

Brief Overview

The literature is divided over whether open-list PR rules help or hurt ethnic minority candidates. Using an original dataset, we test whether minority candidates are helped or hurt by open-list rules in parliamentary elections in Latvia.

Authors

• Stephen Bloom, Southern Illinois University

• Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University

• Daunis Auers, University of Latvia