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Electoral Fragmentation

Electoral Fragmentation is a political science construct that measures the degree to which political power is dispersed among multiple competing parties within an electoral system, distinguished from alternative indicators of party system complexity by its focus on the effective number of parties and their relative vote or seat shares.

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146

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2017–2026

38

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177

The Changing Cleavage Politics of Western Europe

Robert Ford, Will Jennings · Annual Review of Political Science · 2020 · 504 citations · Full text

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Electoral Institutions, Ethnopolitical Cleavages, and Party Systems in Africa's Emerging Democracies

Shaheen Mozaffar, James R. Scarritt, GLEN GALAICH · American Political Science Review · 2003 · 423 citations

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Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies

Torsten Persson · Quarterly Journal of Political Science · 2007 · 370 citations

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The formation of national party systems: federalism and party competition in Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 339 citations

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The Dynamic Diversity of Latin American Party Systems

Michael Coppedge · Party Politics · 1998 · 323 citations

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Authors

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  1. PR
    Pedro Riera

    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  2. PC
    Peter C. Ordeshook

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 127 citations

    3

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  3. AB
    André Borges

    Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

    3 publications · 154 citations

    3

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  4. BG
    Benny Geys

    BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

    3 publications · 176 citations

    3

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  5. MS
    Matthew Singer

    University of Connecticut, United States

    3 publications · 158 citations

    3

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Institutions

146

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    196 citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    581 citations

  3. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    123 citations

  4. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    148 citations

  6. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  7. WZB Berlin Social Science Center

    Berlin, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    85 citations

  8. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    102 citations

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Venues

  1. Electoral Studies

    14 publications · 603 citations

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  2. Party Politics

    14 publications · 960 citations

    14

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  3. West European Politics

    WEP · 7 publications · 294 citations

    7

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  4. British Journal of Political Science

    7 publications · 378 citations

    7

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  5. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 6 publications · 404 citations

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