Co-opting the state
How weak parties can make stable party systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12677100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albertus Schoeman (0000-0003-1972-065X, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-192 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Commonwealth and Comparative Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-2043 • E-ISSN: 1743-9094 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14662043.2021.1886775 |
| OpenAlex | W3135165833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
Conventional understandings of party system institutionalisation assume that institutionalised parties are necessary for interparty competition to stabilise. However, this approach neglects the role of the state in shaping party competition. Using survey data from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, it is shown that weakly institutionalised parties can lead to institutionalised party systems if parties are able to successfully co-opt the state and use state resources to supplement party deficiencies. By developing a relationship that intertwines parties with the state, parties in young democracies do not need to institutionalise for stable party systems to form
Business · Competition (biology · Democracy · Economics · Institutionalisation · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Single non-transferable vote · State (computer science · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Computer Science · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |