The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems / Alessandro Chiaramonte, Vincenzo Emanuele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chiaramonte, Alessandro.

Contributor:

Emanuele, Vincenzo, 1986-

ProQuest ebook central.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe, Western.

Political parties.

Politics and government.

Western Europe.

Europe, Western--Politics and government--20th century.

Europe, Western.

Europe, Western--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

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

3 Party System Instability and Unpredictability Between Votes and Seats

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

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

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

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

5.4 On the Eve of a Wave of Party System Deinstitutionalization in the Governmental Arena?

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

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

Further Robustness Checks

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

Further Robustness Checks

9 Conclusion: Western European Party Systems in the Midst of the Storm

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9783030979782

3030979784

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