Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Duverger's classification of party systems is derived from the experience of political parties in?
AWestern Europe ✓ Correct
BAll the democracies of the world
CThe party systems of the developing world
DThe political party systems of the communist world
Correct answer: (A) Western Europe — Duverger's classification is derived from the experience of parties in Western Europe.
Explanation
★Duverger's classification is derived from the experience of parties in Western Europe.
★Maurice Duverger studied the established party systems of Western European democracies.
★From this he framed his famous law linking electoral systems to the number of parties.
★His law holds that the simple plurality system tends to produce a two-party system.
★Proportional representation, by contrast, tends to produce many parties.
★His generalisations are therefore drawn mainly from the Western European setting.
★Critics note that they fit the developing and communist worlds less neatly.
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