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Using Duverger

  • In the example corpus, duverger often appears in combinations such as: maurice duverger.

Context around Duverger

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

maurice 2× counterexamples 1× trend 1× war 1× fact 1×

Often after:

himself 1× 1954 1× identified 1× pointed 1× suggests 1× citation 1× grew 1× drew 1×

Sentence patterns with Duverger

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a trend duverger called polarization 1× and not duverger s law 1× as maurice duverger citation and 1× at all duverger s law 1× attributed to duverger he observed 1× converse of duverger s law 1× counterexamples duverger himself did 1× duverger 1954 there 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

converse the converse 1× counterexamples duverger himself 1× duverger 1954 there 1× duverger has studied 1× duverger identified that 1× duverger pointed to 1×

Common sentence endings:

1950s and 1960s 1× and mass parties 1× duverger called polarization 1× duverger s law 1× in a constituency 1× of party system 1×

Words around Duverger

Just before it in the word index:

duvenhage 5 duvenage 5 duveen 5 duve 3 duvan 4 duvalle 2

Just after it in the word index:

duvergier 3 duvernay 75 duvet 81 duvets 10 duvha 3 duvine 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 20 abbv 20 abdalla 20 abdirahman 20 abdulmalik 20 abhimanyu 20

Corpus analysis for Duverger

  • In this selection, "duverger" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, maurice, counterexamples, trend, himself, 1954 and identified stand out and add context to how "duverger" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a trend duverger called polarization and and not duverger s law. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "duverger" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with duverger

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Counterexamples Duverger himself did not regard his principle as absolute. (10 words)

Duverger suggests two reasons this voting system favors a two-party system. (12 words)

Duverger identified that the use of PR would make a two-party system less likely. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

In fact, Duverger's law states that this kind of tactical voting, along with the spoiler effect which can arise when such tactics are not used, will be so common that any system based on plurality will eventually result in two-party domination. (43 words)

Fairness PR tries to resolve the unfairness of Plurality/Majoritarian systems, where the largest parties receive an "unfair" "seat bonus" and smaller parties are disadvantaged and have difficulty winning any representation at all ( Duverger's law ). (36 words)

Duverger pointed to statistics and tactics to suggest that voters tended to gravitate towards one of the two main parties, a phenomenon which he called polarization, and tend to shun third parties. (32 words)

Example sentences (16)

It should really be “Duverger’s reasonably reliable empirical regularity” and not “Duverger’s law,” but it’s a pretty useful heuristic.

Duverger's Law main With discovery attributed to Duverger, he observed the effect and recorded it in several papers published in the 1950s and 1960s.

Converse The converse of Duverger's Law is not always valid; Cox, Gary W. Making Votes Count: Strategic Voting in the World's Electoral Systems.

Counterexamples Duverger himself did not regard his principle as absolute.

Duverger 1954 ) There are also numerous other parties that hold or have held a number of seats in Parliament.

Duverger has studied the evolution of political systems and the institutions that operate in diverse countries, showing a preference for empirical methods of investigation rather than philosophical reasoning.

Duverger identified that the use of PR would make a two-party system less likely.

Duverger pointed to statistics and tactics to suggest that voters tended to gravitate towards one of the two main parties, a phenomenon which he called polarization, and tend to shun third parties.

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Duverger suggests two reasons this voting system favors a two-party system.

Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs Political scientists such as Maurice Duverger citation and William H. Riker claim that there are strong correlations between voting rules and type of party system.

Either the two parties must merge, or one moderate party must fail, as the voters gravitate to the two strong parties, a trend Duverger called polarization.

Fairness PR tries to resolve the unfairness of Plurality/Majoritarian systems, where the largest parties receive an "unfair" "seat bonus" and smaller parties are disadvantaged and have difficulty winning any representation at all ( Duverger's law ).

However, towards the end of the war, Duverger grew close to the Resistance, and in Libération analyzed the legitimacy of the new government of France and devoted himself to social-scientific theory.

In fact, Duverger's law states that this kind of tactical voting, along with the spoiler effect which can arise when such tactics are not used, will be so common that any system based on plurality will eventually result in two-party domination.

This is because Duverger's law says that the number of viable parties is one plus the number of seats in a constituency.

Types French political scientist Maurice Duverger drew a distinction between cadre parties and mass parties.

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Common combinations with duverger

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