Does Social Diversity Shape Party System Size at the Level of the Electoral District?

• In Event: Rules, Rules, Rules, and Context: The Impact of Institutional and Contextual Factors on Representation

Brief Overview

This paper provides a first empirical test of the relationship between social diversity (conceptualized in a variety of ways), the electoral system, and the size of the party system in legislative elections at the level of the electoral district.

Authors

• Robert G. Moser, University of Texas at Austin

• Heather M Stoll, University of California-Santa Barbara