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Party system types and party system institutionalization
Party Politics, 2010This article is an overview of the types and level of institutionalization of party systems in seven young democracies in East and Southeast Asia. By applying Alan Siaroff’s typology of party systems, the analysis demonstrates that the party systems in Asia do not converge on a single format.
Aurel Croissant, Philip Völkel
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2020
Using the most relevant indicators highlighted by the literature on party systems, such as the indexes of volatility, fragmentation, and ideological polarization in the electoral–parliamentary arena, this chapter analyses the development of the Spanish party system since the transition to democracy. It focuses on the different stages of its development,
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Using the most relevant indicators highlighted by the literature on party systems, such as the indexes of volatility, fragmentation, and ideological polarization in the electoral–parliamentary arena, this chapter analyses the development of the Spanish party system since the transition to democracy. It focuses on the different stages of its development,
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The Parameters of Party Systems
Party Politics, 2008Despite the scepticism that increasingly surrounds their role and standing in contemporary democracies, scholarly interest in political parties continues unabated. But this interest is also proving uneven, with relatively little attention now being given to the study of party systems.
BARDI, LUCIANO, MAIR P.
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Independents and the Party System
2021Abstract The presence of independents in the Irish political system is unusual from a comparative perspective. Sometimes seen as an idiosyncratic phenomenon, they are analysed in terms of their relation to the party system, and categorized in a manner similar to that applied to party families.
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Parties and Party Systems: Realignment or Readjustment?
Parliamentary Affairs, 20042003 was a year of war, political rebellion and speculation about the future of party leaders. By the end of the year one party leader had been removed, and the Prime Minister found himself in fragile health and with a more tenuous grip on power. In the opinion polls, the Conservative opposition finally caught up with the Labour Party, and the Liberal ...
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2017
This chapter outlines the key actors in the party system and the evolution of competition between them. First, the origins of the party system are examined from a comparative perspective, with a discussion of some of the debates about its formation. It examines the structure and workings of parties.
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This chapter outlines the key actors in the party system and the evolution of competition between them. First, the origins of the party system are examined from a comparative perspective, with a discussion of some of the debates about its formation. It examines the structure and workings of parties.
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Spain: Parties and the party system in the transition
West European Politics, 1984(1984). Spain: Parties and the party system in the transition. West European Politics: Vol. 7, The New Mediterranean Democracies: Regime Transition in Spain, Greece and Portugal, pp. 84-98.
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1994
The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 and the stated intension of establishing a democratic political order in post-Soviet Russia has confronted the people of that country with new challenges in circumstances of economic and social collapse that can hardly be judged the most propitious for the establishment of stable, effective and ...
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The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 and the stated intension of establishing a democratic political order in post-Soviet Russia has confronted the people of that country with new challenges in circumstances of economic and social collapse that can hardly be judged the most propitious for the establishment of stable, effective and ...
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Parties and the Party System: On the Edge of Bankruptcy?
2007Last year’s Review suggested two contradictory shifts in the British party system. On the one hand, there is real evidence that the grip of the main political parties is loosening dramatically. However measured, the number of effective parties has risen and independents and minor party candidates appear to have an increased chance of electoral ...
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Parties and Party Systems: Movement in the System?
2006Party politics in 2005 was dominated by the general election and the actions of the political parties before 5 May could be seen in anticipation of the election and after 5 May as part of the reaction to it. By the end of the year a rapid transformation in British party politics had been made possible, with a change in the leadership of the ...
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