Article Information

Volume: 1 issue: 1,

Article first published online: June 11, 2014; Issue published: May 13, 2014

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014528684

Josep M Colomer

Georgetown University, USA

Corresponding Author: Josep M Colomer, Georgetown University, Government, 3700 O Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20057, USA. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

I identify some basic institutional features that can make a world assembly viable in terms of size and degree of complexity. The most potentially satisfactory model is a bicameral assembly formed by a lower chamber with about 2000 seats (of which about one-fourth would be elected in single-member districts and about three-fourths in multimember districts of proportional representation with moderate magnitude) and an upper chamber of territorial representation based on about 700 territorial units all across the world (basically corresponding to the nearly 200 currently independent states plus about 500 regional governments).

Keywords Global institutions, electoral systems, global assembly