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2018
It is contended in this chapter that Russia’s post-Soviet party system has gone through three phases – fragmentation (1993–c.2002), consolidation (2002–2009) and cartelisation (c.2009 onwards). The Yeltsin era witnessed the prevalence of many independent candidates and the proliferation of minor parties without any societal or institutional roots.
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It is contended in this chapter that Russia’s post-Soviet party system has gone through three phases – fragmentation (1993–c.2002), consolidation (2002–2009) and cartelisation (c.2009 onwards). The Yeltsin era witnessed the prevalence of many independent candidates and the proliferation of minor parties without any societal or institutional roots.
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2011
The American party system is quite peculiar. Indeed, its oddities are far more interesting than many observers of American politics recognize. Too often they focus on specific aspects of the system and then fail to see how, in its entirety, it operates very differently from party systems in other countries. An obvious starting point when examining how,
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The American party system is quite peculiar. Indeed, its oddities are far more interesting than many observers of American politics recognize. Too often they focus on specific aspects of the system and then fail to see how, in its entirety, it operates very differently from party systems in other countries. An obvious starting point when examining how,
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1998
The party systems in the four Visegrad states are still young, fragile and unstable. They are still developing, though they have reached different stages of development. Some, such as Hungary and the Czech Republic, show sign of stabilisation. This is less obvious in Poland and the Slovak Republic. There has been only one normal election (excluding the
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The party systems in the four Visegrad states are still young, fragile and unstable. They are still developing, though they have reached different stages of development. Some, such as Hungary and the Czech Republic, show sign of stabilisation. This is less obvious in Poland and the Slovak Republic. There has been only one normal election (excluding the
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The Italian Party System between Parties and Coalitions
West European Politics, 2004This article discusses the changes in the Italian party system that took place across three elections (1994, 1996 and 2001) following the adoption of the new mixed electoral system. From the point of view of the candidates, parties and coalitions contesting the elections, the configuration is not yet stabilised.
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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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Political Parties and the Party System
2016Juan 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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1990
One of the defining characteristics of a communist system, it was suggested in Chapter 1, is the existence of a communist or Marxist-Leninist party exercising dominant political authority within the society in question. Not all the parties we shall consider in this chapter in fact call themselves communist. The Korean party, for instance, is called the
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One of the defining characteristics of a communist system, it was suggested in Chapter 1, is the existence of a communist or Marxist-Leninist party exercising dominant political authority within the society in question. Not all the parties we shall consider in this chapter in fact call themselves communist. The Korean party, for instance, is called the
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2016
A party system refers to the political parties that operate in a given polity and to their patterns of interaction. The Swedish system was long associated with several features: it had five parties; they were aligned in two informal blocs; and one party, the Social Democrats, has provided much the biggest, dominating governments.
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A party system refers to the political parties that operate in a given polity and to their patterns of interaction. The Swedish system was long associated with several features: it had five parties; they were aligned in two informal blocs; and one party, the Social Democrats, has provided much the biggest, dominating governments.
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Parties, Party Systems and the Electorate
2020The institution of the presidency has played a major role in influencing competition between parties since the foundation of the Fifth Republic in 1958, and this would be particularly true of the 2017 elections. Macron was able to gain support despite not representing an established party, and once elected, the logic of the institutions enabled his ...
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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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