The political consequences of party system change
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Date
2015
Authors
Pelizzo, Riccardo
Nwokora, Zim
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Publisher
Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Politics & Policy, Volume 43, No. 4 (2015)
Abstract
This article engages one of the important gaps in the literature on party system effects: the consequences of party system change. We discuss how existing empirical approaches to party system change do not actually capture the changeability of patterns of party competition, which is the most direct understanding of the term “party system.” We propose a measure that does exactly this: the index of fluidity. Applying this measure to countries in South East Asia, we show that party system change is associated with harmful effects,including lower foreign direct investment and deterioration of the rule of law.
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party systems, political systems, comparative politics, measuring party system change, Index of fluidity, party system effects, Interparty competition, cross-national studies, party system stability, Instability, public policy, foreign investment, rule of law, Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Political science
Citation
Riccardo Pelizzo and Zim Nwokora. "The political consequences of party system change" Politics and Policy 43.4 (2015): 453-473. DOI: 10.1111/polp.12124