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Research outputs: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
2007 Shared aspirations: the imperative of accountability in South Africa's electoral system
In a country where the constitution is supreme, it is no idle exercise to refer to its underlying values when considering possible changes t...
2006 Race, class and voting patterns in South Africa's electoral system: ten years of democracy
In the run up to South Africa's three national elections both academia and the media advocated that electoral behaviour would be informed by...
2004 Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system
This article is based on a survey of popular attitudes towards the pure list system that is South Africa's proportional representation elect...
2004 Electoral choice and party campaigns
In South Africa today voters are being offered something of a "choiceless choice". You pay your money and get the same thing whatever yu ch...