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Politics : Support the French! Viva Democracy! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (2299)	7/31/2003 2:24:07 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 7834

Just a quick pick from something anglo-american, north irland democraticdialogue.org (which might also work to get some insight, although seen from one point of view, and also limited in many ways) -- The original introduction of PR systems was intended to offset the disadvantages of minority groups—in Denmark in the 1850s, to help the German minority in Schleswig, for example. Belgium introduced PR in the 1890s as a response to the problems of accommodating a three-party system. - In the longer term, coalitions tend to be more centrist and consensual with fewer sharp changes of policy. -- No, I did not have any particular nation in mind, as so many nations at those times went from multi-house solutions to multi-party and proportional representation. The early 1900s with the introduction of universal voting rights (for women,etc) caused another round of modernizing the election systems as well as parliements work, governments and coalitions are formed, constitutions,etc. All of these reforms continuing through the 1900s, with some added acceleration for some european nations left behind after EU was formed. (not to forget the rest of the world minus those few two-party systems left)