All Politics is Local, Partisan or National? Local Lists in Belgium

Steyvers, Kristof; Reynaert, Herwig; Ceuninck, Koenraad De; Valcke, Tony

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-90923-3_10

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“…It additionally underlines that local name-branding still matters. A substantial number of lists with a non-national denomination uphold at least implicit national linkage, suggesting the contingent electoral viability of a de-franchised mould (Steyvers et al, 2008).…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, supply-side evidence shows the local party field is infused with national candidate lists. Nevertheless, non-national counterparts have maintained their presence stemming from mixed or predominantly national local party systems (Steyvers et al, 2008).…”

Section: Bringing the Local Back In? Shifting The Nationalisation Vistamentioning

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“…It is thus a deliberate choice to address the voter locally with a national label. Alternatively, the use of a place-bound name expresses some willingness to localise the list label (Steyvers et al, 2008). Name-branding thus remains a relevant criterion to discern placebound phenomena from those which overarch local units (Reiser, 2008).…”

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“…This relationship has often been corroborated in empirical research. In contrast, non-national local candidate lists have traditionally fared better in smaller municipalities, associated with more harmonious and factual modes of local decision-making (Steyvers et al, 2008;Kjaer & Elklit, 2010b;Ennser-Jedenastik & Hansen, 2013). However, in recent decades, alternatives to national parties have established themselves in larger cities as well, indicating the emergence of newer types of non-national lists allegedly embodying anti-system sentiments (Reiser, 2008).…”

Section: Explanans: Between Social Morphology and Political Ecologymentioning

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Fifty Shades of Rokkan? Reconceiving Local Party System Nationalisation in Belgium

Steyvers

Heyerick²

2017

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U radu se istražuje nacionalizacija lokalne politike u belgijskom kontekstu. Problematici se pristupa detaljnije od tradicionalne podjele stranaka na nacionalne i nenacionalne, te se izvode tri glavna zaključka. Prvo na temelju analize vertikalne autonomije stranaka možemo zaključiti da postoje četiri podtipa liste: državne, pseudodržavne, pseudolokalne i nezavisne lokalne liste. Podjela sudionika posljednjih dvaju krugova belgijskih lokalnih izbora na navedena četiri podtipa pokazuje da prevladavaju, što se belgijskih općina tiče, liste koje su makar neizravno povezane s državnom strankom (čak i kada nemaju državni predznak). Nadalje, ova se tipologija koristi kako bi se procijenila nacionalizacija lokacijski ograničenog skupa stranaka. Razvijeni su indeksi nacionalizacije lokalne politike koji pokazuju omjer između navedenih podtipova u izbornoj i u parlamentarnoj areni. Rezultati upućuju na to da je riječ o relativnoj, a ne o potpunoj nacionalizaciji lokalnog političkog sustava. Nacionalizacija je izraženija u slučaju lokalnih vijeća nego lokalnih izbora. Konačno, u radu se nastoji objasniti varijacija u nacionalizaciji lokalnog političkog sustava razmatranjem zajedničkog učinka varijabli lokacijski ograničene društvene morfologije i političke ekologije. Binarna logistička regresija pokazuje da je politička ekologija (češće) važnija od društvene morfologije (predvidljivija je u slučaju parlamentarnog indeksa nego u slučaju izbornoga). Javljaju se i drugi učinci. Morfološki faktori ne utječu znatno na vjerojatnost da će doći do nacionalizacije izbornoga lokalnog političkog sustava, no pojedini morfološki faktori ipak utječu na nacionalizaciju parlamentarnoga lokalnog političkog sustava. Nadalje, isti ekološki faktori utječu na nacionalizaciju kako izbornog tako i parlamentarnog lokalnog političkog sustava. Tu je izražena važnost dotadašnjeg razvojnog puta i prethodnih odabira (path dependance) koji utječu na nacionalizaciju lokalne politike. Ipak, varijacija u velikoj mjeri ostaje naobjašnjena, što je povezano s ograničenjima kvantitativnog pristupa usmjerenoga na učinak vanjskih utjecaja na nacionalizaciju lokalne politike. Kako bi se postiglo cjelovito razumijevanje, valja proučiti interakciju s unutarnjim stranačkim odlukama. Buduća se istraživanja također trebaju usmjeriti na komparativnu primjenu rezultata - u kojoj je mjeri i u kojim uvjetima moguća.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Bringing the Local Back In? Shifting The Nationalisation Vistamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Bringing the Local Back In? Shifting The Nationalisation Vistamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Explanans: Between Social Morphology and Political Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fifty Shades of Rokkan? Reconceiving Local Party System Nationalisation in Belgium

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2017

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“…Very much alike, supply sided evidence shows that the local party field is infused with national candidate-lists. Nevertheless, non-national counterparts have maintained their presence and contributed to the production of mixed or predominantly national local party systems in at least 70% of all municipalities (Steyvers, Reynaert, De Ceuninck, & Valcke, 2008). In addition, 6 LEX LOCALIS -JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT N. Van de Voorde, N. Bouteca, T. Schamp & K. Steyvers: Birds of a Feather or by Note?…”

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Birds of a Feather or by Note? Ideological Nationalization of Local Electoral Manifestos in Belgium

Voorde¹,

Bouteca²,

Schamp³

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Until now, scholars trying to unravel the phenomenon of nationalization have seldom considered the local policy layer or the ideological dimension as their main subject. This paper, however, studies the ideological nationalization of Flemish local party branches. It applies the method of content analysis of electoral manifestos to the local elections and examines the programmatic overlaps between the party headquarter and its local branches. An innovative nationalization measure is introduced and subsequently included in an explanatory regression model. The results show that ideological similarities are ubiquitous and especially prevailing among leftist parties, in majority-participating party branches and in large municipalities.

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