renewal

`renewal` calculates parliamentary renewal rates

A toolbox to facilitate the calculation of political system indicators for researchers.
This package offers a variety of basic indicators related to electoral systems, party systems, elections,
and parliamentary studies, as well as others. Main references are:
Loosemore and Hanby (1971) <doi:10.1017/S000712340000925X>;
Gallagher (1991) <doi:10.1016/0261-3794(91)90004-C>;
Laakso and Taagepera (1979) <doi:10.1177/001041407901200101>;
Rae (1968) <doi:10.1177/001041406800100305>;
Hirschmaņ (1945) <ISBN:0-520-04082-1>;
Kesselman (1966) <doi:10.2307/1953769>;
Jones and Mainwaring (2003) <doi:10.1177/13540688030092002>;
Rice (1925) <doi:10.2307/2142407>;
Pedersen (1979) <doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1979.tb01267.x>;
SANTOS (2002) <ISBN:85-225-0395-8>.

Denisson Silva

politicsR

Calculating Political System Metrics

Willber Nascimento

Fernando Meireles

Jose Alexandre

renewal function

<dl><dt>seats</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of legislative seats in dispute</dd>
<dt>dropout</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of parliamentarians who gave up the legislative career and vacancy for various reasons</dd>
<dt>defeated</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of defeated parliamentarians</dd>
<dt>reelected</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of re-elected parliamentarians</dd>
<dt>type</dt>
<dd>(<code>character</code>). type of renewal to be calculated. by default it is <code>"all"</code>.
But only one renewal can be chosen: <code>"grr"</code> (gross renewal rate), <code>"crr"</code> (compulsory renewal rate), <code>"nrr"</code> (net renewal rate).</dd></dl>

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Parliamentary Renewal — renewal

<dl>

<dt>seats</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of legislative seats in dispute</dd>


<dt>dropout</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of parliamentarians who gave up the legislative career and vacancy for various reasons</dd>


<dt>defeated</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of defeated parliamentarians</dd>


<dt>reelected</dt>
<dd>(<code>numeric</code>). Number of re-elected parliamentarians</dd>


<dt>type</dt>
<dd>(<code>character</code>). type of renewal to be calculated. by default it is <code>"all"</code>.
But only one renewal can be chosen: <code>"grr"</code> (gross renewal rate), <code>"crr"</code> (compulsory renewal rate), <code>"nrr"</code> (net renewal rate).</dd>

</dl>

renewal: Parliamentary Renewal

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