Ideology and Unstable Party Identification in Canada
Limited Rationality in a Brokerage Party System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6238723 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Michael Stevenson (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 813-850 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900050423 |
| OpenAlex | W2053937111 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article examines changes in individuals' identification with Canadian federal political parties in the period 1977 to 1981. The analysis suggests that differences in class and ideology have a significant, if not very large effect on shifts in partisan identity. There was a slight bias toward more upper-class identification with the Progressive Conservative party and more lower-class identification with the Liberal party. Unstable partisans were at least as ideologically constrained as stable partisans, and partisan instability was more pronounced amongst the more left-wing individuals. Changes in partisanship were more likely among younger respondents, particularly lower-class and more left-wing youth. The largest bloc of unstable partisans was closest ideologically to the more left-wing stable New Democratic party partisans, and shifted only between the New Democratic and Liberal parties. A smaller bloc moved to the Progressive Conservative party and was ideologically closest to its more right-wing stable partisans
Communism · Democracy · Identification (biology · Ideology · Left-wing politics · Liberal Party · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Realigning election · Socialism · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2011 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |