ABSTRACT
The end of the Cold War provided a ‘window of opportunity’ for regime change. Since 1989 the number of transitions to democracy has been striking. This rapid political transformation began in Eastern Europe, spread to Latin America and parts of Asia, and then moved to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. 1 After the transition processes the new democratic regimes had to build new institutions. In particular, the choice of the electoral system has been a topic of debate among elites of the new democracies, knowing that this choice is an important one with different consequences.
