Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system

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dc.contributor.authorMattes, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSouthall, Roger
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-22T13:52:17Z
dc.date.available2016-05-22T13:52:17Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.updated2016-05-22T13:48:46Z
dc.description.abstractThis article is based on a survey of popular attitudes towards the pure list system that is South Africa’s proportional representation electoral system. While the reported findings are broadly positive there are some notable exceptions, located disproportionately among racial minorities and also among sizable numbers of black respondents. Pure proportional representation is unlikely to produce the values that the respondents say they most want from a voting system. The significance of the survey’s findings is analysed and reasons are advanced for making changes to the electoral system. The government has opted to retain the status quo for the time being but in the longer term this could be negative for South Africa’s democracy.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13510340412331294132
dc.identifier.apacitationMattes, R., & Southall, R. (2004). Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system. <i>Democratization</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19755en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMattes, Robert, and Roger Southall "Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system." <i>Democratization</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19755en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMattes, R., & Southall, R. (2004). Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system. Democratization, 11(1), 51-76.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1351-0347en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Mattes, Robert AU - Southall, Roger AB - This article is based on a survey of popular attitudes towards the pure list system that is South Africa’s proportional representation electoral system. While the reported findings are broadly positive there are some notable exceptions, located disproportionately among racial minorities and also among sizable numbers of black respondents. Pure proportional representation is unlikely to produce the values that the respondents say they most want from a voting system. The significance of the survey’s findings is analysed and reasons are advanced for making changes to the electoral system. The government has opted to retain the status quo for the time being but in the longer term this could be negative for South Africa’s democracy. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Democratization LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 SM - 1351-0347 T1 - Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system TI - Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19755 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19755
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510340412331294132
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMattes R, Southall R. Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system. Democratization. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19755.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceDemocratizationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fdem20/current#.V0G4dvl97IU
dc.subject.otherelections
dc.subject.otherelectoral system
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherpublic attitudes
dc.subject.otherparties
dc.titlePopular attitudes toward the South African electoral systemen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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