Centre Parties: Polarization and Competition in European Parliamentary Democracies

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A&C Black, 17 abr 1998 - 192 páginas
Reassessing the perception of center parties as a force of moderation, Reuven Hazan argues that this almost universally accepted axiom is dubious, if not downright incorrect -- the center has the capacity to, and does, cause polarization.
 

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Centre Parties Party Systems Electoral Competition and Government Stability
3
What is a Centre Party?
20
The Model
39
Assessing a Relationship
41
Generating a Model
53
Testing Movement of Voter Support
60
Examining Shifts in Party Positions
76
Empirical Inquiry
87
Denmark and The Netherlands 194590
89
Unidimensionality Centre and Extreme Parties
107
A Static Exploration
120
A Dynamic Investigation
130
Refining the Model
145
Applications for Party Systems Electoral Competition
158
Index
177
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Reuven Y. Hazan is a lecturer in Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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