Forging enmities and friendships: Europarties, electoral coalitions and mergers in Central and Eastern Europe

Ibenskas, Raimondas

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“…Indeed, 40/44 (90%) of the post-electoral coalition governments in Asia and Latin America were derived, completely or partially, from pre-electoral agreements. This score is even more substantial when compared to the rate of coalition cabinets deriving from pre-electoral coalitions under parliamentary regimes (CHIRU, 2015;GOLDER, 2006;IBENSKAS, 2016). More surprisingly, this proportion is practically identical to the 91% ratio of presidential coalition governments resulting from (pre-) electoral commitments when the sample is restricted to Latin American countries.…”

Section: Data On the Timing Of Coalition Formation In Asia And Latin ...mentioning

confidence: 85%

Question of Timing: Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Multiparty Presidential Regimes

Albala

Couto

2023

Bras. political sci. rev.

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This paper focuses on the timing of coalition formation under presidential systems. While elections in parliamentary regimes have recently been characterized by a high degree of uncertainty both in the results and the formation of cabinets, this is not the case for presidential politics. As a result, we argue that coalition cycles differ across systems of government. As a matter of fact, we argue that the process of coalition formation under presidentialism is more complicated. To test our claim, we look at forty-four multiparty governments in Latin America and Asia. We find that presidentialismwith its fixed mandate and its specific institutional mechanism for selecting the president -directly affects the 'coalition life cycle' and fosters a stronger propensity to pre-electoral agreements.

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Section: Data On the Timing Of Coalition Formation In Asia And Latin ...mentioning

confidence: 85%

Question of Timing: Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Multiparty Presidential Regimes

Albala

Couto

2023

Bras. political sci. rev.

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“…182–5). More specifically, scholars have argued that European political parties hold the potential to connect civil society and EU institutions, to strengthen public participation by mobilizing citizens, and to enhance political representation and accountability of the EU institutions (Ibenskas, 2020; Johansson, 2015, 14; Saitto, 2017, pp. 26–7).…”

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Is the Governance of Europe's Transnational Party System Contributing to EU Democracy?*

Norman

Wolfs

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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Does Europe's transnational party system contribute to EU democracy? Existing debates on this issue have conventionally revolved around conflicting assumptions on the feasibility of supranational democracy in general, rather than examining the party system's structure as it is set up and regulated. In this paper we evaluate to what extent the transnational party system contributes to the democratic qualities of the EU by studying the regulatory framework for European political parties. We establish an analytical framework based on studies of party system governance, and focus on two specific characteristics: the contestability of the Europarty system and the extent to which it promotes citizen participation in European political parties. Our analysis demonstrates that the governance structure impedes rather than bolsters the democratic potential of Europarties, since the rules work to prevent new parties from entering the party system, and fail to provide incentives for a more active political participation of European citizens.

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Introduction: Europarties—Ubiquitous Yet Rarely Noticed

Johansson,

Raunio

2024

Transnational Parties and Advocacy in European Integration

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Europarties, parties operating at the European level, are ever-present in EU governance, yet their impact is often indirect and difficult to measure. This chapter reviews existing literature on Europarties and explains their relevance in EU policymaking. The starting point of this book is that European integration cannot be understood without accounting for the impact of the Europarties. It identifies Europarties as transnational partisan actors that operate both at intergovernmental and supranational levels of EU decision-making. Europarties have consolidated their own organizational structures and have over the decades built their own networks and coalitions that enable them to wield influence in ways not captured by previous studies.

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Forging enmities and friendships: Europarties, electoral coalitions and mergers in Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 3 publications

References 42 publications

Question of Timing: Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Multiparty Presidential Regimes

Question of Timing: Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Multiparty Presidential Regimes

Is the Governance of Europe's Transnational Party System Contributing to EU Democracy?*

Introduction: Europarties—Ubiquitous Yet Rarely Noticed

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