Interface PolarizationIndex

Polarization index for a parliamentary period

interface PolarizationIndex {
    overallIndex: number;
    effectiveBlocs: number;
    highCohesionGroups: string[];
    fragmentedGroups: string[];
    assessment: "consensus" | "moderate" | "polarized" | "highly-polarized";
}

Properties

overallIndex: number

Overall index 0-1 (0 = consensus, 1 = completely polarized)

effectiveBlocs: number

Effective number of voting blocs (Laakso-Taagepera style)

highCohesionGroups: string[]

Groups above 80% cohesion — potential blocking minorities

fragmentedGroups: string[]

Groups below 50% cohesion — internally divided

assessment: "consensus" | "moderate" | "polarized" | "highly-polarized"

Assessment label