Would the use of a majoritarian electoral system rather than proportional representation for parliamentary elections in South Africa create a more accountable and more representative government?
Would the use of a majoritarian electoral system rather than proportional representation for parliamentary elections in South Africa create a more accountable and more representative government?
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TUTOR:…………………………………………… Senzo
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It is the empirical fact that countries use different electoral systems and in most cases within the system they are variations and combinations that exist around the world. The PR system has been proven to maintain stability over the past, but it has the potential to breakdown. Whether the citizen or the parliament is held accountable for the breakdowns depends on the type of system which can be majoritarian electoral system or the Proportional representative system. Each system has its own flaws, looking at the flaws this essay prefers to argue that using the majoritarian electoral system rather than the proportional representation for parliamentary elections here in South Africa will create a more accountable and more representative government, to rise such a debatable argument it will first look at the current Proportional representation (PR) how it was adopted and its flaws and advantages that make it to be more
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES
STUDENT NAME: Thembelani
STUDENTNUMBER:………… PRCTHE002
TUTOR:…………………………………………… Senzo
TUTORIALNUMBER:…………………………………30 ASSIGNMENT: final class essaY
Plagiarism Declaration
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is one’s own.
2. I have used the ……Harvard style……………………………………….convention for citation and referencing. Each contribution to, and quotation in, this essay/report/project/……………essay……………………from the work(s) of other people has been attributed, and has been cited and referenced.
3. This essay/report/project/……………………essay……………………..is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
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PRCTHE002
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It is the empirical fact that countries use different electoral systems and in most cases within the system they are variations and combinations that exist around the world. The PR system has been proven to maintain stability over the past, but it has the potential to breakdown. Whether the citizen or the parliament is held accountable for the breakdowns depends on the type of system which can be majoritarian electoral system or the Proportional representative system. Each system has its own flaws, looking at the flaws this essay prefers to argue that using the majoritarian electoral system rather than the proportional representation for parliamentary elections here in South Africa will create a more accountable and more representative government, to rise such a debatable argument it will first look at the current Proportional representation (PR) how it was adopted and its flaws and advantages that make it to be more