Is the party system affected by booms and busts? Not very much
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DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2016.10.006
Abstract: The literature on party system fragmentation emphasizes how political institutions and social cleavages shape the long-term development of the party system, but short-term swings in economic performance could change the level of electoral fragmentation by… read more here.
Keywords: system affected; party; economy; fragmentation ... See more keywords
Labor movements and party system development: Why does the Caribbean have stable two-party systems, but the Pacific does not?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104719
Abstract: Party system development is often said to be essential for democratization. But if this is a necessary precondition, why do two of the most successful developing regions in terms of democratization, the Caribbean and the… read more here.
Keywords: party; system development; party systems; development ... See more keywords
Keeping power through opposition: party system change in Turkey
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DOI: 10.1017/npt.2020.1
Abstract: Abstract This paper re-evaluates the party system change in Turkey based on Sartori’s framework. It also explores the role of opposition parties in this. The paper suggests that, while a fragmented opposition may lead to… read more here.
Keywords: opposition; system change; change turkey; party ... See more keywords
The Electoral System, the Party System and Accountability in Parliamentary Government
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DOI: 10.1017/s0003055420000143
Abstract: Electoral accountability requires that voters have the ability to constrain the incumbent government’s policy-making power. We express the necessary conditions for this claim as an accountability identity in which the electoral system and the party… read more here.
Keywords: system; accountability; electoral system; system party ... See more keywords
Legislative Party Switching and the Changing Nature of the Canadian Party System, 1867–2015
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DOI: 10.1017/s0008423918000203
Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we investigate the phenomenon of party switchers in the Canadian House of Commons. With the most extensive dataset on party-switching MPs (1867–2015), we answer the following questions: What are the electoral… read more here.
Keywords: 1867 2015; party; canadian party; party switching ... See more keywords
Electoral Reform as an Engine of Party System Change in Italy
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2018.1432245
Abstract: Abstract After more than forty years of proportional representation, in 1991 Italy embarked on a period of electoral law revision. The ongoing debate about how to engineer an electoral system capable of producing the preferred… read more here.
Keywords: system; reform engine; party; party system ... See more keywords
Do European Parliament Elections Impact National Party System Fragmentation?
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DOI: 10.1177/0010414017710259
Abstract: Why have European large parties lost electoral ground in recent decades? Whereas most explanations draw on theories of dealignment, this article advances a novel, institutional, argument by focusing on the introduction of direct elections to… read more here.
Keywords: impact national; european parliament; elections impact; parliament elections ... See more keywords
Personal vote, spatial registration rules, and party system nationalization in Latin America
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DOI: 10.1177/0192512116676354
Abstract: While many studies of party system nationalization examine the effects of various institutional factors, few take into account the impact of party formation cost. This paper aims to fill the empirical gap by focusing on… read more here.
Keywords: system nationalization; system; party; registration rules ... See more keywords
Party system volatility, regeneration and de-institutionalization in Western Europe (1945–2015)
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DOI: 10.1177/1354068815601330
Abstract: Despite a great flourishing of studies about Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, the issue of party system institutionalization has been widely neglected in Western Europe, where the presence of stable and predictable patterns… read more here.
Keywords: western europe; institutionalization; party; party system ... See more keywords
Book review: Movement Parties Against Austerity
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DOI: 10.1177/1354068819856172
Abstract: that a political party “is in equilibrium when it can offer its candidates something approximating an even chance of election” (p. 33). This seems to make party competition part of the concept of equilibrium, not… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; party; book; competition ... See more keywords
Form of government, electoral system, and party system fragmentation: A global comparison
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DOI: 10.1177/20578911231166689
Abstract: This study aims to determine the characteristics of party systems within the context of electoral systems, forms of government, and continents. There is no study in the literature that quantitatively reveals the relationship between the… read more here.
Keywords: party; system; party system; party systems ... See more keywords