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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Party System Institutionalization: A Critical Review of the Literature -- 2.2 Toward a New Conceptualization (I): Addressing the Multidimensionality of Party System Institutionalization -- 2.3 Toward a New Conceptualization (II): Integrating Electoral, Parliamentary, and Governmental Arenas -- References -- 3 Party System Instability and Unpredictability Between Votes and Seats |
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3.1 Disentangling Volatility: Alteration and Regeneration -- 3.2 Volatility in Western Europe: Empirical Evidence -- 3.3 Volatility in Western Europe: National Variations -- 3.4 Volatility in Western Europe: Evolution Over Time -- 3.5 Patterns of Instability and Unpredictability in Western Europe -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 4 The Rise of New Parties and the Reshaping of Party Systems -- 4.1 'New Party' and 'Party System Innovation': From Theory to Measurement -- 4.2 Electoral and Parliamentary Innovation in Western Europe -- 4.3 The Exceptional Rise of Innovation in the 2010s |
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4.4 Innovation in a Cumulative Perspective: Founder and Non-founder Parties of the Democratic Regime -- 4.5 The Effects of Innovation on Party Systems After 75 Years of Democracy -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 5 Interparty Competition in the Governmental Arena -- 5.1 The First Sign of Government Stability: Cabinet Duration -- 5.2 The Three Faces of Interparty Competition in the Governmental Arena -- 5.2.1 Temporal and National Patterns -- 5.3 A Tale of Interparty Competition in the Governmental Arena |
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5.4 On the Eve of a Wave of Party System Deinstitutionalization in the Governmental Arena? -- Appendix -- References -- 6 Party System Institutionalization: Measurement and Evidence -- 6.1 A New Index to Measure Party System Institutionalization -- 6.2 Validation -- 6.3 Empirical Evidence -- 6.4 A Consistent and Sustained Process of Party System Deinstitutionalization -- Appendix -- References -- 7 Explaining Party System Deinstitutionalization -- 7.1 The Drivers of Party System (De)Institutionalization: Hypotheses -- 7.2 Data and Method -- 7.3 Results and Discussion -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Appendix |
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Further Robustness Checks -- References -- 8 The Consequences of Party System Deinstitutionalization on Democracy -- 8.1 The Effect of PSI on 'Subjective' and 'Objective' Democracy: Hypotheses -- 8.2 Controls, Data, and Method -- 8.3 Results and Discussion -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Further Robustness Checks -- References -- 9 Conclusion: Western European Party Systems in the Midst of the Storm -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book offers a systematic and far-reaching account of party system institutionalization in Western Europe. Drawing upon a wide array of data and through a comparison of 20 countries from the end of WWII to 2019 across three arenas of party competition (electoral, parliamentary, and governmental ones), the empirical analysis shows that, over the past decade, the level of institutionalization in the Western European party systems has dramatically declined compared with previous decades. Electoral, parliamentary, and in some cases governmental instability and unpredictability have reached record-high levels. Although the impact of the 2008 Great Recession has certainly worked as a catalyst, this process of de-institutionalization has been mainly driven by long-term factors, such as cleavage decline and length of democratic experience. Moreover, its consequences are relevant not only for the relationship between parties and voters, but also for the very quality of democracy, as party system deinstitutionalization causes a decline in the citizens satisfaction of the way democracy works and even an erosion of the objective democratic standards. In a nutshell, Western Europe, once seen as the land of stability and the cradle of democracy, may have become the land of party system deinstitutionalization and incipient democratic backsliding. Alessandro Chiaramonte is Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence, Italy. Vincenzo Emanuele is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, Italy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Europe, Western
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Europe, Western -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Western Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Emanuele, Vincenzo, 1986-
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| ISBN |
9783030979782 |
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3030979784 |
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