Characteristics and possible problems of the United States
Considering the characteristics and possible problems of the United States electoral system; What rules or characteristics from other countries do you think could be adopted in the United States?
Characteristics and possible problems of the United States electoral system;
Considering the characteristics and possible problems of the United States electoral system;
Answer the following questions based on above statement;
1. What rules or characteristics from other countries do you think could be adopted in the United States?
2. What positive or negative effects do you think it would have in the United States elections?
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In addition, this work examines whether the choice of an electoral system in a culturally plural society can affect the potential for future violent conflict.
We find that it can, but that there is no single electoral system that is likely to be best for all divided societies.
The optimal choice for peacefully managing conflict depends on several identifiable
factors specific to the country, including the way and degree to which ethnicity is
politicized, the intensity of conflict, and the demographic and geographic distribution of ethnic groups.
In addition, the electoral system that is most appropriate for initially ending internal
conflict may not be the best one for longer-term conflict management.
In short, while electoral systems can be powerful levers for shaping the content and
practice of politics in divided societies, their design is highly sensitive to context.
In addition, consideration of the relationship between these variables and the operation of different electoral systems enables the development of contingent generalizations that can assist policy makers in the field of electoral system design.
More so, several fundamental assumptions that underlie the thinking of many Western policy specialists are called into question by the evidence assembled here concerning the relationship between conflict and elections.
The first assumption, derived from Western experience, is that “free and fair elections” are the most appropriate way both to avoid and to manage acute internal conflict in other countries.