Summary Of "Electoral Systems" By Miguel De Luca: UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

By MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author, which contains:
Elections: definition, types, functions. Types of votes and candidates. Election campaign and financing. Most relevant attributes of electoral systems: district or constituency, size of the legislative assembly, electoral formula, and exclusion barrier or threshold. Other attributes of electoral systems: ballot structure and apparentement.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU
• Release date: Nov 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201293505

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Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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Summary Of Electoral Systems By Miguel De Luca

UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

Published by BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU, 2021.

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SUMMARY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS BY MIGUEL DE LUCA

First edition. November 26, 2021.

Copyright © 2021 MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU.

ISBN: 979-8201293505

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De Luca, Miguel | ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

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ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

1. Presentation

What is going to be developed in the text is exposed.

2. Elections: definition, types and functions

According to Mackenzie, an ELECTION is any procedure recognized by an organization by which all or some of its members choose a smaller group of people, or only one, to hold positions in the entity.

Thus, the election is distinguished from other possible ways of accessing positions of power: inheritance, appointment, seniority, adjudication ex officio, lottery, acquisition or appropriation by force.

The modern idea of ​​election arises in the last stage of the Old Regime, when the principle of government based on the popular will became strong, a banner raised by the popular-democratic movement in its struggle against the privileges of certain groups. From there, the idea gained ground in growing spaces, associations and organizations. Although NATIONAL elections are the most relevant, there are also second order elections, either SUBNATIONAL-local (for example, municipal) OR SUPRANATIONAL (for example, elections for the European Parliament), which in the last Times have aroused growing interest, although they address narrower issues and continue to have a lower voter turnout.

ELECTIONS can be DIRECT - the voters themselves decide who will occupy the positions at stake - or INDIRECT - they are voted by representatives or delegates who make the final vote, as is the case of an Electoral College -, the latter more common in cases of electorates numerous, heterogeneous and / or geographically dispersed, and whose objective is to hinder the access of applicants deemed undesirable. In any case, with the arrival of mass democracy, the assembly of electors does not essentially modify the will of the electorate.

There is talk of a PLURAL ELECTION when there are no obstacles to submitting multiple candidates. ELECTORAL FREEDOM, meanwhile, implies that voters can vote without pressure or threats, and with a minimum of information about the various proposals, with candidates who proselytize in order to make their views known to voters.

Various authors (Hermet, Rouquié and Linz, Schdler, Nohlen) coincide in speaking of three types of elections according to the degree of pluralism, freedom and importance that exist: competitive, semi-competitive and non-competitive.

COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS, beyond the criticism they receive (little debate on substantive problems, cost, quality of candidates, etc.), are the fundamental basis of democracy, by electing the rulers and doing it repeatedly at regular intervals, which It operates as a tool for the control of the governed over the governors, as a reward or punishment for officials, who are thus conditioned in their decisions and are forced to act responsibly.

Voting also serves to represent the opinions, interests and demands of citizens, which gives legitimacy to those who exercise power, this being, according to Ginsberg, the central characteristic of elections, which on the other hand allow to channel conflicts through peaceful means .

SEMI-COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS respect democratic principles and procedures only in appearance, since various mechanisms hinder the free exercise of the vote: deprivation of voting for political reasons, false registers, proscriptions, censorship in the media, police persecution, fraud, purchase of votes, electoral systems that hinder popular expression, manipulation of results by the government and the inability of the opposition to guarantee the cleanliness of the electoral act, etc.

These types of elections are common in authoritarian