Cadre, Catch-All or Cartel

A Rejoinder

Bibliographic Data

ID6315330
AuthorsRichard S Katz (0000-0002-9116-6481), Peter Mair (0000-0002-1408-3762)
Year1996
Volume2
Issue4
Pages525-534
Publication date1996-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068896002004005
OpenAlexW2006306820
LanguageEN
Citations received51
References cited13

In response to Koole's criticisms of our cartel party argument, we suggest that the relationship between participation in an inter-party cartel (a systemic characteristic) and the characteristics of the individual parties participating in the cartel is strong enough to generate a `cartel party' as a party type. While the boundaries between interest organizations and the state have blurred, this is a generalization of the blurring of boundaries between parties and the state to which we referred, and only means that more of the traditional linkages between society and the state are becoming problematic. Precursors of the cartel party phenomenon can be traced to the 1950s or before, but in recent years it has become increasingly typical rather than aberrational. While there are no fully fledged cartel parties (as there never were fully fledged mass or catch-all parties), the type has developed sufficiently as to justify the specification of an additional `corner' in space, relative to which real-world cases can be anchored

Argument (complex analysis · Business · Cartel · Economics · Epistemology · Generalization · Incentive · Law and economics · Market economy · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · State (computer science · Computer Science · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

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