The 1978 Elections and American State Party Systems

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Malcolm E. Jewell
Keyword(s):  
Party Systems ◽  
State Party ◽  
American State

Classification of American State Party Systems

1964 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 550-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard I. Hofferbert
Keyword(s):  
Party Systems ◽  
State Party ◽  
American State

Registration, Turnout, and State Party Systems

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 463
Author(s):  
Robert D. Brown ◽  
Robert A. Jackson ◽  
Gerald C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Party Systems ◽  
State Party

Registration, Turnout, and State Party Systems

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Brown ◽  
Robert A. Jackson ◽  
Gerald C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Party Systems ◽  
State Party

scholarly journals Rethinking Party System Nationalization in India (1952–2014)

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjan H. Schakel ◽  
Wilfried Swenden
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Party System ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
State Party ◽  
Election Result ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Election Results ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Electoral Performance

This article provides a new conceptual and empirical analysis of party system nationalization, based on four different measurements. Unlike previous nationalization studies, these measurements conceptualize party system nationalization on the basis of electoral performance in national (general or federal) and sub-national (state) elections. After introducing these measurements we apply them to 16 general and 351 state elections in India, the world’s largest democracy with strong sub-national governments. By incorporating state election results we are able to demonstrate that: (1) the pattern of denationalization in India has been more gradual than assumed in previous studies of party system nationalization; (2) denationalization in recent decades results less from dual voting (vote shifting between state and federal elections) than from the growing divergence among state party systems (in state and federal elections); (3) the 2014 general election result, although potentially transformative in the long run, provides more evidence of continuity than change in the short run.

scholarly journals From convergence to congruence: European integration and citizen–elite congruence

2021 ◽  
pp. 146511652110249
Author(s):  
Daniel Devine ◽  
Raimondas Ibenskas
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Party System ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
State Party ◽  
The Public ◽  
Party Positions ◽  
Expert Surveys

Recent research argues that European integration has led to an ideological convergence of member state party systems, which is purported to have significant consequences for democratic representation. We argue that convergence of party positions is less problematic if congruence between governed and governing is maintained. We therefore turn to test whether integration has had an effect on congruence between the public and their governing elites. Using five measures of integration, two sources of public opinion data, and expert surveys on political parties, we find little evidence that integration into the European Union reduces congruence between the public and the national party system, government or legislature either ideologically or across five issue areas. These results should assuage concerns about integration’s effect on domestic political representation.

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