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Evoluţia legislaţiei electorale 1990–2008. Sau cum se pot controla mecanismele procesului electoral de către partidele politice
The evolution of the electoral laws (1990-2008) or how political parties can manipulate the electoral process

Author(s): Daniel Olteanu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: elections; electoral law; political parties; government

Summary/Abstract: This article is dealing with Romanian electoral system from a different perspective analyzing those technical and legal components of an electoral law which are neglected in classical perspectives regarding electoral systems showing that the Government changes very often the electoral laws trying to ensure an institutional dominance over the other competitors. In other words not the electoral results are on spot but the way that drives these outcomes.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 169
  • Page Range: 125-133
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian
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