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Local Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesContemporary Southeastern Europe, 2016
Local elections for municipal and city councils and municipal and city mayors were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on 2. October 2016. These were the sixth local elections since the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Damir Kapidžić
doaj  

The 2014 Elections and the Brazilian Party System [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Political Science Review, 2015
The Brazilian party system presents a paradox. Although the Workers Party (PT) and the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) have controlled presidential elections for the last 20 years, their force at the other levels of electoral competition has not
Carlos Ranulfo Melo
doaj  

Système partisan et évolution des clivages politiques à Chypre du Nord (1974-2014)

open access: yesCahiers Balkaniques, 2017
How is the party system of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) structured? Beyond the numerous works on the geopolitics of Cyprus, we know very little on the real functioning of TRNC’s political system, a self-proclaimed but non-recognized ...
Mathieu Petithomme
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Proximity: Strategic Decisions in African Party Politics [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent publications suggest that exclusively ethnoregional parties are as rare in sub- Saharan Africa as elsewhere. At the same time, the idea that ethnicity is a very special feature of African party politics persists. The paper acknowledges the general
Alexander Stroh
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How unstable? Volatility and the genuinely new parties in Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Measuring of party system stability in Eastern Europe during the first decade of democratic elections presents problems. The traditional quantitative measure - volatility - does not distinguish between the dynamics among incumbent parties and the rise of
Sikk, A, ALLAN SIKK
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Diversity, patronage and parties: parties and party system change in Indonesia

open access: yes, 2012
The dissertation asks why some political systems have many parties and others only a few. Existing research on regime survival confirms that an excess of parties can generate regime instability. Because party systems affect key political outcomes, institutional engineers have sought to tweak electoral systems in order to produce favourable patterns of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The LDP at 50: The Rise, Power Resources, and Perspectives of Japan’s Dominant Party [PDF]

open access: yes
Japan’s ruling party is a prime example of a dominant party. While dominant parties in other democracies around the world have lost their grip on power or have even disappeared altogether, the LDP is still going strong.
Patrick Köllner
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Opposition in a Changing Political Environment: Leadership and the Conservative Party, 1997-2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This thesis examines the changing nature of opposition within the British political system through a study of the balance of power between the Conservative Party and its leader in their most recent period in opposition from 1997 to 2010.
Harris, Ben David Alexander   +1 more
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