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Party system types and party system institutionalization

Party Politics, 2010
This 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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Parties and the Party System

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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Parties and Party Systems: Realignment or Readjustment?

Parliamentary Affairs, 2004
2003 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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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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Parties and Party Systems: Movement in the System?

2006
Party 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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Parties and the Party System: On the Edge of Bankruptcy?

2007
Last 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

2015
Richard Johnston, Campbell Sharman
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Party Systems and Party Competition

2017
An important role in federalism is played by party politics. Parties must operate in electoral arenas at two levels and across distinct territories, which can serve an integrative or a disintegrative purpose. In some cases, a state-wide party system dominates, with elections at the lower level becoming ‘second order’ elections, decided on the ...
Lori Thorlakson, Michael Keating
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Parties and party system change

2017
This chapter examines parties and party system change across the MENA countries since December 2010. The discussion begins with a brief overview of party systems in the region on the eve of the Arab Spring, thereby providing a quick introduction to the selected cases as well as a benchmark against which to measure change.
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Political Parties and the Party System

2016
Juan Albarracin examines the range of political parties in Brazil. In this article, he discusses the most important and sometimes contradictory findings about Brazilian political parties, the party system itself and its development since 1985. First, he presents a portrait of the fragmentation, polarization, and institutionalization of the party system
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