Patterns of politicization following triggering events: the indirect effect of issue-owning challengers
Wouter Van der Brug,
Joost Berkhout
Abstract:Changes in party systems do not always occur gradually. While structural changes in societies lead to new tensions and potential conflicts, these conflicts often become politicized in the wake of ‘triggering events’. However, such events do not always lead to the politicization of an issue. This study addresses the question why potentially triggering events sometimes produce extensive political attention and conflict around an associated issue, whereas in other circumstances very similar events do not generate… Show more
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