Constitutional Rigidity, Electoral Specificity, and Party Stability

• In Event: Institutional Frameworks to the Study of Representation

Brief Overview

By performing a cross-national analysis of the rigidity of the constitution and the specificity of the electoral system within it, I find that a country's party system is more stable the more detailed and rigid the constitution is.

Author

• Jordan Hashim Hamzawi, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire – Barron County