Political Oppositions in Western Democracies

Kersell, John E.; Dahl, Robert A.

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“…While it is often said that the EU has missed the third great milestones in the development of democratic institutions, namely political opposition (Dahl, 1966;Mair, 2007), there is little empirical studies on how opposition actors behave in the only representative institution of the EU. As noted recently by Salvati (2021), it is essential to understand if and how these parties can influence the working of the EP, adopting or not a cooperative approach, and what patterns of opposition Eurosceptics follow.…”

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European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

Silva¹

2023

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

Silva¹

2023

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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“…The parliamentary opposition parties have two specific motivations to disclose and highlight differences within the governing coalition and intra-coalition tensions and unveil ongoing policy conflicts and ministerial drift within the governing coalition (Whitaker and Martin, 2021). Dahl identified six possible differences of the opposition: organizational cohesion (discipline, concentration), competitiveness, goals, site of the encounter, distinctiveness or identifiability, and strategy (Kersell and Dahl, 1966).…”

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Parliamentary opposition and democratic transformation issues: Centraland Eastern Europe in focus

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The article presents a framework for comparing the policy-making rights of the parliamentary opposition in the parliamentary democracies of Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine). The right of the parliamentary opposition to oppose the government formed by the ruling majority is a fundamental feature of liberal democracy. The application of constitutional values (democracy and rule of law) in Central and Eastern European states demonstrates the actual level of fragmentation, polarization and cartelization of the opposition. The Rule of Law Index 2021 explicitly shows that, among the Central and Eastern European countries surveyed, Lithuania ranks 18th, the Czech Republic 22nd, Poland 36th, Hungary 69th and Ukraine 74th. The Rule of Law Index refers to limitations of government powers, absence of corruption, open government and other issues related to the mission of the parliamentary opposition. It is concluded that, the distance (not only ideological) between the ruling majority and the parliamentary opposition is based on the ability to form government, participation in policy making, scrutiny of strategy and (populist) government policy.

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“…Opposition parties fulfil vital functions in democratic systems (Dahl, 1966), though academic work considering opposition in UK politics has overwhelmingly focused on the Official Opposition within the House of Commons (Fletcher, 2011;Turner, 1969), especially its leader (Alderman, 1992;Heppell, 2012). Research on small opposition parties in the United Kingdom has tended to examine areas such as party membership and electoral support (Bennie, 2004;Ford and Goodwin, 2014;Lynch, 1995) rather than parliamentary work, with a few exceptions (e.g.…”

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‘Enter parliament but never become part of it’: How have the Greens in the United Kingdom approached opposition?

Thompson

Pearson

2022

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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The Greens in the United Kingdom have benefitted from the fragmentation of the party system and the creation of devolved institutions, achieving consistent representation at multiple levels of British politics in recent years. However, we know little about what they have done in these positions. This study uses interviews with Green legislators to investigate how they have interpreted the task of opposition at Westminster, Holyrood and Stormont. We show that Green legislators’ approaches to opposition have been influenced by their party identity, and that differences in approach between the institutions have largely been determined by contrasting political opportunity structures, rather than parliamentary rules. These findings highlight the importance of party as a factor shaping opposition strategy and the varied roles which opposition parties can play within the UK political system.

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Political Oppositions in Western Democracies

Cited by 59 publications

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European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

Parliamentary opposition and democratic transformation issues: Centraland Eastern Europe in focus

‘Enter parliament but never become part of it’: How have the Greens in the United Kingdom approached opposition?

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