Political philosophy

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of topics such as liberty, justice, rights, laws, and the enforcement of legal code.

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constitutional monarchy

Political systems; Political philosophy

A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a written (i.e., codified), unwritten (i.e., uncodified) or blended constitution.

Proportional representation (PR), sometimes referred to as full representation, is a class of voting system aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates ...

Mixed member proportional representation

Political systems; Political philosophy

Mixed member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is an 'additional member' voting system used to elect representatives to ...

Party-list proportional representaion

Political systems; Political philosophy

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasising proportional representation. In these systems, parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get ...

Simple majoritarianism

Political systems; Political philosophy

Simple majoritarianism is a decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes.

Plurality voting system

Political systems; Political philosophy

The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies. In ...

First-past-the-post

Political systems; Political philosophy

First past the post voting is a generic term referring to an election determined by the highest polling candidate(s).The term first past the post (abbreviated FPTP or FPP) was coined as an analogy to ...