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Assess the evidence for the view that, since proportional representation encourages a proliferation of political parties, it must therefore lead to a loss of political stability.
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Mr. G.P. Thomas Comparative Government Assess the evidence for the view that, since proportional representation encourages a proliferation of political parties, it must therefore lead to a loss of political stability. Janek Mikulin The first thing to do when considering a posit like this is to break it down, into its constituent parts. As such, this question naturally has two main elements; does proportional representation (PR) encourage increasing numbers of political parties (as opposed to other electoral systems) and does the use of PR increase the relative instability of the state in which it is used? As we investigate these elements we will see that there exists evidence for and against these suppositions and that the only possible conclusion of any validity is that PR does not necessarily lead to a proliferation of parties, nor does it necessarily lead to political instability. PR does, however, mean that smaller parties and coalitions are more likely to...
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