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Duverger's law: a standalone construct

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Political science

the proposition that plurality rule in single-member districts tends to produce two-party systems.

In political science, Duverger's law refers to the proposition that plurality rule in single-member districts tends to produce two-party systems. This meaning comes from Riker (1982) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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Riker, W. H. (1982). The Two-party System and Duverger's Law: An Essay on the History of Political Science. American Political Science Review, 76(4), 753-766. https://doi.org/10.2307/1962968

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