Origins of party formation and new party success in advanced democracies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6257992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole Bolleyer (0000-0002-2393-3757, Department of Politics University of Exeter UK), Evelyn Bytzek (0000-0002-8510-206X, Department of Political Science University of Koblenz‐Landau Germany) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 773-796 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1475-6765.12013 |
| OpenAlex | W2114135132 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 43 |
Which new parties entered national parliaments in advanced democracies over the last four decades and how did they perform after their national breakthrough? This article argues that distinguishing two types of party formation (that facilitate or complicate party institutionalisation) helps to explain why some entries flourish, while others vanish quickly from the national stage. New parties formed by individual entrepreneurs that cannot rely on ties to already organised groups are less likely to get reelected to parliament after breakthrough than rooted newcomers. This hypothesis is tested on a newly compiled dataset of new parties that entered parliaments in 17 advanced democracies from 1968 onwards. Applying multilevel analyses, the factors that shape newcomers' capacity to reenter parliament after breakthrough are assessed. Five factors have significant effects, yet affect party performance only in particular phases: both a party's electoral support at breakthrough and its operation in a system with a strong regional tier increase the likelihood of initial reelection. In contrast, a distinct programmatic profile, the permissiveness of the electoral system and easy access to free broadcasting increase a party's chance of repeated reelection. Only formation type significantly affects both phases and does so most strongly, substantiating the theoretical approach used in this article
Affect (linguistics · Control (management · Democracy · Economics · Electoral system · Institutionalisation · Lower house · Management · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
The New Party Challenge
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Institutionalisation without voters
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Germany's populist disruptors and the “politics of fluidity”
The role of radical right parties in escalating parliamentary conflict
Leaders and members in the Italian parties (1994-2018)
New Parties, Fractionalization, and the Increasing Duration of Government Formation Processes in the EU Member States
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Party membership and affiliation
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Routine Problems
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Party crashers? Modeling genuinely new party development paths in Western Europe
Party membership in Europe
Intraparty democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
New parties, information uncertainty, and government formation
Ethnic minority party formation and success in Europe
Contagion From Abroad. How Party Entry in Western Europe is Influenced by Party Family Members Abroad, 1961–2016
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Intra-party Dynamics and Sub-National Influences in the Emergence of Party Splits in Brazil
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The Life and Death of New Political Parties in the Low Countries
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Measuring the Extent of Party Institutionalisation
Parties with Limited Resources? On the Social Structure of the Membership of Small and Marginal Parties
Exogenous Shocks and Party System Development
Political opportunity structures and the parliamentary entry of splinter, merger, and genuinely new parties
Staying in the First League
A Behavioral Theory of Electoral Structure
What drives the intra-party democracy of the “Alternative for Germany
When new party X has the ‘X factor
New kids on the ballot
Born again, or born anew
How far right local party organizations develop
New party performance after breakthrough
It is time for a closer look
Breaking the cartel
Perspectives on political party death
Corruption performance voting and the electoral context
Mind the gap
Publicize or Perish—Challenger party success through megaphones and locomotives
Party survival in parliament
Relevance and electoralism in the study of political oppositions
Who Gets into the Papers? Party Campaign Messages and the Media
Modeling ideological polarization in democratic party systems
Organização de novos partidos políticos
The limits of issue entrepreneurship
Exploring party change
Survival of the fittest. Comparing entry and exit among niche and mainstream parties in advanced democracies, 1945-2011
Novos partidos
Conditions for the viability of new evangelical parties
Parties and party systems
Extreme Right Parties in Western Europe
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe
New Parties in Old Party Systems
New Parties in Government
Electoral Systems and Party Systems
Party Competition between Unequals
Altering Party Systems
Anti-Political Establishment Parties
The Logics of Party Formation
Party System Change
Elections in Western Europe since 1815
The Dynamics of Two-Party Politics
Les partis politiques
Private Groups and Public Life
Inside the Radical Right
Waiting in the Wings
Outsider parties in government in Western Europe
The Breakthrough of Another West European Populist Radical Right Party? The Case of the True Finns
Nationwide threshold of representation
Party leadership and party institutionalisation
Fortuyn versus Wilders
New Parties in Government
Towards a New Typology of Party Lifespans and Minor Parties
How the Cases You Choose Affect the Answers You Get
Back to the Future
Prophets, Purifiers and Prolocutors
Newness as a winning formula for new political parties
Party System Change
Holding Their Own
Out with the old, in with the ‘‘new
Political parties and interest groups
Party Institutionalization in New Democracies
The radical left in coalition government
Institutionalization and Peronism
Cross‐National Measures of Party Organizations and Organizational Theory
Political Party Development
Time is of the Essence
Modeling Multilevel Data Structures
Incentives in Collective Action Organizations
| Unique citing works | 65 |
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| Citations per year | 5,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 65 |