Do parties converge? An empirical analysis of party organizational and policy issue saliency change in Western Europe (1970–2010)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12737204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugenio Pizzimenti (0000-0003-1854-2265, University of Pisa), Enrico Calossi (0000-0001-9584-7324, University of Pisa), Lorenzo Cicchi (0000-0003-1800-5910, European University Institute), Beniamino Masi (0000-0001-5568-8373, University of Pisa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-2790 • E-ISSN: 1478-2804 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14782804.2022.2119215 |
| OpenAlex | W4296049803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article aims at assessing whether party organizational profiles and policy issue saliency converged in 7 European democracies (Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK), from the 1970s to the 2010s. Building on the theoretical premises of the cartel party thesis and historical new-institutionalism, the paper argues that general tendencies in party policy issue saliency and organizational evolution driven by contextual factors have been taken for granted by party literature based on ideal-typical models. We maintain that party convergence is mainly associated to higher levels of socialization to government. Our empirical analysis shows that patterns of cross-country convergence among parties actually emerge concerning the saliency of the issues placed on the classical left-right divide, as well as party resources, while higher variance characterizes all the other organizational dimensions and post-materialist/value-based policy issues
Cartel · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Institutionalism · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Variance (accounting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |