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The economic determinants of electoral volatility in Africa
Party Politics, 2017Democratic performance and party system institutionalization (PSI) are thought to be integrally linked. Electoral volatility is an important dimension of PSI and has thus been the focus of many studies. Despite the attention given to electoral volatility, its determinants remain elusive. We examine the determinants of electoral volatility in 35 African
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Electoral Volatility in Postcommunist Belarus
Party Politics, 2000Since the fall of communism nearly a decade ago, a series of important changes have occurred within the party system of Belarus. On the one hand, there is a potential for party system stabilization, given relatively stable party competition, the acceptance of parties as legitimate political actors in the electoral game, and the existence of predictable
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The Social Origins of Electoral Volatility in Africa
British Journal of Political Science, 2010This article utilizes the statistical analysis of an original dataset of African legislative seat volatility levels and three case studies to demonstrate that the size and configuration of politically salient ethnic groups bear a strong relationship with patterns of legislative seat volatility in Africa.
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Electoral volatility and parties’ ideological responsiveness
European Journal of Political Research, 2018Abstract For a number of decades now, scholars have been indicating that ties between citizens and parties are eroding. As a consequence, electoral behaviour has become more volatile and also more unpredictable. The consequences of this process of change on parties’ strategic behaviour have, however, received little attention. In this
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Electoral Volatility and Partisan Dealignment
1990Abstract In the second part of the book we need to move beyond particular constituency results to develop theories which can account for systematic trends. In this chapter we will start by considering explanations of electoral volatility based on theories of partisan alignment, dealignment, and realignment, to understand why by ...
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Electoral institutions and growth volatility: Theory and evidence
International Political Science Review, 2011What accounts for the substantial variation in the temporal volatility of economic growth rates in democratic regimes? We claim that institutional differences between the majoritarian and proportional representation (PR) electoral systems explain why growth volatility is high in some democracies, but not others.
Sergio Béjar, Bumba Mukherjee
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Voter Mobilization and Party Competition in a Volatile Electorate
American Sociological Review, 1987Following a model suggested by McPhee and Smith, the institutionalization of voting behavior is analyzed as a repetitive learning process. Using the Weimar Republic as an example, volatile partisan attachments among groups of supporters of the more ideologically "moderate" political parties are examined.
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Electoral Volatility and Pre-Electoral Alliances
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Electoral Volatility in New Democracies and Democratic Consolidation
Asian Perspective, 1996Abstract: Democratic consolidation is the most important task to be accomplished by countries newly democratized over the last two decades. However, most new democracies with only a few exceptions have difficulties to various degrees in consolidating democracy.
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Electoral Volatility in Turkey: Cleavages vs. the Economy
Middle Eastern Studies, 2008Yasushi Hazama Chiba, Japan, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, 2007, Pp.vii + 166, bibliography, index.
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