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Can the boundary commissions help the conservative party: constituency size and electoral bias in the United Kingdom / Johnston, Ron; Mclean, Iain; Pattie, Charles; Rossiter, David

Pattie, Charles	Journal Article
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2009.

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As part of a strategy to remove perceived biases operating against it in the system used for elections to the House of Commons, the British Conservative party is promoting a revision of the rules used by the Boundary Commissions to ensure greater equality in constituency electorates. A Bill designed to achieve this-and also to reduce the size of the House-was introduced to the House of Lords in 2007. This paper critiques that Bill and suggests an alternative formulation that would better achieve the goal, whilst identifying a number of operational difficulties that its implementation would involve.

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UK ; Boundary Commissions ; Constituencies ; Electorate Size ; Biases

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Political economy of the creation of Districts in Ghana / RA Ayee, Joseph

RA Ayee, Joseph	Journal Article
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2013.

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There has been a flurry of publications examining Ghana's decentralization programme since 1988 to date. None has, however, specifically focused on the creation of districts; that is, the political and geographical division of the state into smaller jurisdictions - arguably regarded as one of the key processes of decentralization. In other words, the numerous studies do not fully explain the politics of the creation of districts, which has not only been a recurring phenomenon but also a contentious and sensitive one. This paper aims at filling this lacuna by identifying the actors and discussing their interests, benefits and the tensions arising from the creation of new districts in Ghana. The lessons learnt are also highlighted.

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Decentralization ; Ghana ; Political Division ; Actors ; Constituencies ; Districts ;
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