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Universal, Unequal Suffrage : Authoritarian Vote-Seat Malapportionment in the 1907 Austrian Electoral Reform

Thomson, Henry - 2015

share of the population. Analyzing the introduction of universal male suffrage in Austria in 1907, I show that this reform … along an urban-rural cleavage. Instead, reform resulted in an electoral system which perpetuated the under-representation of … urban Polish elites. This solved the regime’s problem of controlling urban unrest by satisfying demands for electoral reform …

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The Effect of the Expansion of the Voting Franchise on the Size of Government

Husted, Thomas A.; Kenny, Lawrence W. - 2008

This paper examines the claim that expansion of the voting franchise has been an important factor in the growth of government. State government spending and state and local spending are explained using a panel of 46 states for 1950-88. Elimination of poll taxes and literacy tests led to higher...

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Changing the Rules : Political Competition Under Plurality and Proportionality

Mudambi, Ram; Navarra, Pietro; Sobbrio, Giuseppe - 2014

From the wide range of voting schemes, two electoral rules, proportional representation (PR) and plurality (PL) attract primary interest. This paper examines the relationship between proportionality, voter information and a conception of the power of competing political parties under the...

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