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Volume: 1 issue: 2,

Article first published online: July 1, 2014; Issue published: June 25, 2014

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014538769

Kai Arzheimer1, Jocelyn Evans2

1University of Mainz, Germany

2University of Leeds, UK

Corresponding Author: Jocelyn Evans, University of Leeds, POLIS, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Email: [email protected]

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Volume: 1 issue: 1,

Article first published online: June 27, 2014; Issue published: May 13, 2014

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014535909

Tobias Böhmelt, Vincenzo Bove

University of Essex, UK

Corresponding Author: Tobias Böhmelt, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK. Email: [email protected]

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Volume: 1 issue: 1,

Article first published online: June 27, 2014; Issue published: May 13, 2014

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014537230

Melody Crowder-Meyer1, Benjamin E. Lauderdale2

1Department of Politics, Sewanee: The University of the South, USA

2Department of Methodology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Corresponding Author: Melody Crowder-Meyer, Department of Politics, Sewanee: The University of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee, TN 37383, USA. Email: [email protected]

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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

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Volume: 1 issue: 1,

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

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014534649

Christopher Claassen

Department of Government, University of Essex, UK

Corresponding Author: Christopher Claassen, Department of Government, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK. Email: [email protected]

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Volume: 1 issue: 1,

Article first published online: April 1, 2014; Issue published: May 13, 2014

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014528683

Nicholas Goedert

Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Corresponding Author: Nicholas Goedert, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1063, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. Email: [email protected]

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Volume: 1 issue: 1,

Article first published online: April 1, 2014; Issue published: May 13, 2014

https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014531926

Amy H Liu1, Anand Edward Sokhey1, Joshua B Kennedy1, Annie Miller2

1University of Colorado Boulder, USA

2University of Colorado Denver, USA

Corresponding Author: Amy H Liu, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, Ketchum Hall 122, 333 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Email: [email protected] E Sokhey, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, Ketchum Hall 136, 333 UCB, CO 80309, USA. Email: [email protected]

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