Paul ALLIÈS - An Exemplary Ballot System?

Pouvoirs n°73 - La démocratie municipale - avril 1995 - p.41-52

The electoral law adopted on November 19, 1982 will be tested for the third time on the occasion of the coming June 1995 local elections. With its special blend of proportional representation and majority rule, it is increasingly presented as a reference for other types of ballots and fosters a strong consensus. It would therefore appear to exemplify the progress achieved by management at the municipal level since the adoption of the decentralization measures. However reality is somewhat different. This law may indeed be presented as exemplary but for a totally different reason : it has modernized the structures of reproduction of local political personnel without making them more accessible to the citizens. Résumé

Référence électonique : Paul ALLIÈS, "An Exemplary Ballot System?", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°73, 1995, p.41-52. Consulté le 01-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/An-Exemplary-Ballot-System.html