Liberal party performance and polarisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Margulies (University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-257 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2015.1006166 |
| OpenAlex | W2100142534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
Nagel and Wlezien's ‘vacant centre’ theory suggests that parties close to the centre tend to do better when a political system is highly polarised, creating an empty space in the political market. Cross-nationally, this does not seem to be true when overall system polarisation is used as the independent variable: indeed, there seems to be a slight negative relationship. The farther apart conservative and social democratic parties are, however, the better that liberal parties tend to do. This parallels Nagel and Wlezien's findings for Great Britain specifically
Democracy · Economics · Liberal Party · Parallels · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Variable (mathematics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |