Party system change: The catch‐all thesis revisited

Wolinetz, Steven B.

doi:10.1080/01402389108424835

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“…Panebianco suggests that the complexion of a party's dominant coalitionits cohesiveness, dependency on membership, party rulesis a key variable in party response to the general conditions described. A similar view is expressed by others (Katz & Mair 1990;Wolinetz 1991). Katz and Mair state that the immediate source of changes .…”

Section: Conceptualizing Party Changesupporting

confidence: 67%

Social democratic parties and EC integration

Ladrech

1993

European J Political Res

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Abstract. This paper presents evidence of initial steps taken since 1989 towards the enhancement of social democratic transnational party co‐operation, manifesting itself on both a programmatic and an organizational level. To explain this development, a thesis based on the neo‐functionalist logic of political spillover together with a theory of party change is presented. An emerging European‐level presence is explained by increased EC policymaking since the adoption of the Single European Act, interacting with the internal preconditions for organizational innovation present in many social democratic parties. Evidence of such trends is then submitted, focusing on the French Socialist, German Social‐Democratic and British Labour Parties; the European Parliament Socialist Group; and the Socialist transnational party federation.

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Section: Conceptualizing Party Changesupporting

confidence: 67%

Social democratic parties and EC integration

Ladrech

1993

European J Political Res

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“…Reasons for parties to change include perceived needs, internal party politics, and new dynamics of competition with other parties (Wolinetz 1989). The idea of perceived needs suggests that as support for the party declines in combination with their perception that they cannot regain power given the current party system, parties likely make significant changes in behavior, organization, and strategy.…”

Section: Change In Political Parties and The Party Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties in West European Democracies

Williams¹

2006

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“…Today's voters remain faithful to blocs or broad ideological tendencies, but identification with specific parties has declined, in no small part due to the spread of catch-. all tactics (Wolinetz 1991;Mair 1995). With its inflexible anti-immigrant platform, however, the FN can hardly be labelled a catch-all party.…”

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Social Cleavage and the Revival of Far Right Parties: The Case of France's National Front

Veugelers

1997

Acta Sociologica

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Does the left-right cleavage still structure citizen political behavior? What are the explanatory limits of cleavage politics? These questions are examined in light of support for a contemporary far right party, France's National Front. Though the predominance of former moderate right voters testifies to the cleavage's enduring influence, the weight of former left voters (especially those from the non-Communist left) indicates the importance of citizen concern with crosscutting political issues. Beyond voter movement from left and moderate right parties alike, however, explanation of far right success must also attend to the contribution of previous non-voters as well as the emergence of a new partisan loyalty.

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Party system change: The catch‐all thesis revisited

Cited by 57 publications

References 10 publications

Social democratic parties and EC integration

Social democratic parties and EC integration

The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties in West European Democracies

Social Cleavage and the Revival of Far Right Parties: The Case of France's National Front

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