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{{wikipedia|Duverger's law}}
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}}</ref> The discovery of this tendency is attributed to [[Wikipedia:Maurice Duverger|Maurice Duverger]], a French
Duverger's law draws from a model of causality from the electoral system to a [[party system]]. A [[proportional representation]] (PR) system creates electoral conditions that foster the development of many parties, whereas a plurality system marginalizes smaller political parties, generally resulting in a two-party system.
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}}</ref>. However, only the two dominant parties of their times have formed governments in the United Kingdom and Canada. Eric Dickson and Ken Scheve argue that there is a counter force to Duverger's law, that on the national level a plurality system encourages two parties, but in the individual constituencies [[supermajority|supermajorities]] will lead to the vote fracturing.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Social Identity, Electoral Institutions and the Number of Candidates|journal=British Journal of Political Science|first1=Eric S.|last1=Dickson|first2=Kenneth|last2=Scheve|volume=40|issue=2|year=2010|pages=349–375|jstor=40649446|doi=10.1017/s0007123409990354|url=http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/faculty/dickson/dickson_candidates.pdf|citeseerx=10.1.1.75.155|access-date=2017-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721203318/http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/faculty/dickson/dickson_candidates.pdf|archive-date=2018-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:Steven Reed (political scientist)|Steven R. Reed]] has shown Duverger's law to work in Japan<ref>{{cite journal|title=Structure and Behaviour: Extending Duverger's Law to the Japanese Case|journal=British Journal of Political Science|first1=Steven R.|last1=Reed|volume=20|issue=3|year=1990|pages=335–356|jstor=193914|doi=10.1017/S0007123400005871}}</ref> and Italy.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Duverger's Law is Working in Italy|journal=Comparative Political Studies|first1=Steven R.|last1=Reed|volume=34|issue=3|year=2010|pages=312–327|doi=10.1177/0010414001034003004}}</ref>
== References ==
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