Maurice Duverger - Definition and Overview

Maurice Duverger (born June 5, 1917) is a French jurist.

He was born in Angoulême, France. He devised a theory which became known as Duverger's law, which identifies a correlation between voting systems and the formation of a two-party system.

Notable publications

King's Mate (1978)
Factors in a Two-Party and Multiparty System (http://www.janda.org/c24/Readings/Duverger/Duverger.htm), in Party Politics and Pressure Groups (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972), pp. 23-32.

Yahoo! France biography (http://fr.encyclopedia.yahoo.com/articles/d/d0005914_p0.html) (in French)

Example Usage of Duverger
	elifsoyseven: DERS ÇALIŞIORUM ATEŞLE YAKLAŞMAAAA, WEBER, MARX, PARETO, Duverger, BOUDİEU etc.............
	sr_nulo: Os eleitores não deveriam escolher representantes iguais a eles. Deveriam eleger governantes capazes de tomar decisões." Maurice Duverger
	Taghkanic: is pondering Duverger's law.

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