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  • Both Lijphart and Colomer argue that there is a trend in electoral reforms towards greater proportionality. This paper reconsiders the evidence and theoretical arguments in relation specifically to electoral reforms in established democracies. Analysing evidence across twenty established democracies, the paper finds no clear trend towards greater proportionality. It then argues that the simple model that predicts such a trend is empirically unsuccessful: it both over- and under-predicts the incidence of electoral reform. Once a fuller conception of the nature of electoral reform – allowing for multiple actors, motivations, strategies, and time horizons – is developed, there is no reason to expect any general trend either. No one has denied that electoral reforms are complex processes, but this paper argues that that complexity must be placed at the centre of our analyses, not the periphery, if we wish to understand outcomes. (xsd:string)
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