Call for abstracts/papers IPSA conference. Panel "The Consequences of Electoral Reforms: Voters, Parliaments, and Party Systems"
Deadline: October 17, 2011
Co-convenors:
Dr. Jose Ramon Montero, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, Joseramon.Montero@uam.es
Mr. Pedro Riera, European University Institute, Italy, pedro.riera@eui.eu
Session: Political Sociology
Language: English
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached a call for papers for the panel titled "The Consequences of Electoral Reforms: Voters, Parliaments, and Party Systems" for the 2012 IPSA Congress in Madrid (8-12 July). Here is the abstract for the panel:
Electoral systems are of course one of the main topics in the field of comparative politics. As such, they have been in the last three decades at the core of an increasing literature which has established their determinants both in the inter-party and the intra-party dimensions, and has discussed their consequences. However, our knowledge about the impact of recent waves of electoral reforms throughout the democratic world is much more limited. To what extent do these reforms fail to achieve their goals, or instead produce them only in part, or in combination with some unintended side-effects? In this panel we aim to empirically assess the consequences of electoral system changes at three different levels: voters, parliaments, and party systems. Which factors do determine the “success” of electoral reforms? Or, to put it in a slightly different way, under which circumstances do electoral reforms have large effects? Are there any contexts that increase or decrease the potential impact of electoral reforms? Does time after the reform play any role in modifying the set of consequences they produce? Or, in contrast, are new equilibria reached immediately after electoral institutions are changed? In sum, we call for papers considering the consequences of electoral reforms either in the interparty or the intraparty dimension. Although case-studies are also welcomed, we particularly invite papers that are comparative either at the national or the sub-national level.
To submit your paper proposal, please go to the IPSA Congress website: http://www.ipsa.org/events/congress/madrid2012/submit-abstractpaper-proposal
Click on « click here to submit an abstract/paper proposal », then follow instructions. After writing or pasting your abstract, select “RC 06 Political Sociology” under “congress theme” and the panel “The Consequences of Electoral Reforms: Voters, Parliaments, and Party Systems” to submit your proposal.
The deadline for paper submission is October 17, 2011.
Please let us know when you submit your proposal so we include it on the panel.
Best,
Jose Ramon Montero and Pedro Riera