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Do parties converge? An empirical analysis of party organizational and policy issue saliency change in Western Europe (1970–2010).
- Source :
- Journal of Contemporary European Studies; Mar2024, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p1-19, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This article aims at assessing whether party organizational profiles and policy issue saliency converged in 7 European democracies (Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK), from the 1970s to the 2010s. Building on the theoretical premises of the cartel party thesis and historical new-institutionalism, the paper argues that general tendencies in party policy issue saliency and organizational evolution driven by contextual factors have been taken for granted by party literature based on ideal-typical models. We maintain that party convergence is mainly associated to higher levels of socialization to government. Our empirical analysis shows that patterns of cross-country convergence among parties actually emerge concerning the saliency of the issues placed on the classical left-right divide, as well as party resources, while higher variance characterizes all the other organizational dimensions and post-materialist/value-based policy issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POLITICAL parties
INSTITUTIONALISM (Religion)
POLITY (Religion)
PRACTICAL politics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14782804
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Contemporary European Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175543664
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2022.2119215