Continuity and Change in India's Party System

One of the more recent drop-outs from the world's electoral club was the Philippines, a nation with a remarkably stable two-party system stretching, in the years since independence, over some twenty-five years. With the imposition of martial law in September 1972, the curtain was drawn, at least temporarily, on the longest running democracy in Southeast Asia. The purpose of this study is neither to praise nor bury the pre-1972 Philippine electoral system, but rather to look more closely at some recurring patterns which emerged during this period—patterns which, it will be argued, conform to a “machine model” of politics.

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Continuity and Change in the 1993 Canadian General Election

Canadian Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0008423900008234 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 555-566 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mikael Antony Swayze

Keyword(s):

Party System ◽

National Level ◽

Electoral System ◽

Party Systems ◽

General Election ◽

Complex Relationship ◽

Regional Data ◽

Federal Election ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Novel Approach

AbstractThis research note considers the complex relationship between the electoral and party systems in Canada from 1921 to 1993. By drawing on Douglas Rae's theoretical model, the note demonstrates that the electoral system exerts a powerful influence on the party system and makes the case that important regional information is often washed out in national-level results. Furthermore, a novel approach is taken to the measurement of regional data in a federal election—a comparison of the indices of fragmentation of the regions and the country provide an interesting explanation for some of the stunning changes in parliamentary representation in 1993. In interpreting the 1993 Canadian general election in this framework, the author argues that although the results in parliament seem to indicate momentous changes in Canadian politics, the voting patterns are, nonetheless, consistent with Canadian political history.

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The West German Electorate and the Party System: Continuity and Change in the 1980s

The Review of Politics ◽

10.1017/s0034670500036111 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 3-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David P. Conradt ◽

Russell J. Dalton

Keyword(s):

Voting Behavior ◽

Party System ◽

Civil Liberties ◽

Party Competition ◽

New Politics ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

German Politics ◽

Electoral Strategies ◽

Mass Publics ◽

Transitional Phase

Changes in voting behavior and the party system in the three federal elections since 1980 indicate that West German politics have entered a new transitional phase. The periods of CDU hegemony, 1949–1969, and two party competition, 1972–1980, have passed. Both major parties have lost support, turnout has declined, ticket-splitting has increased and New Politics issues such as the environment, disarmament and civil liberties have become salient to increasing numbers of voters. The influence of social class, religion and regional ties on voting behavior has declined. Electoral behavior has become more volatile and uncertain. Four major sources of these changes are identified: the postwar transformation of German social structure; the changing value priorities of mass publics; the introduction of new issues; and the electoral strategies of the parties as determined by their elites and leaders. The study concludes with a discussion of the future of the party system and the prospects for a major dealignment or realignment in West German politics.

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Territorial Politics and the Party System in Spain: Continuity and Change since the Financial Crisis, Caroline Gray (2020)

International Journal of Iberian Studies ◽

10.1386/ijis_00041_5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 96-97

Author(s):

Nathan Jones

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Party System ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Territorial Politics

Review of: Territorial Politics and the Party System in Spain: Continuity and Change since the Financial Crisis, Caroline Gray (2020) Abingdon: Routledge, 167 pp., ISBN 978-1-85743-983-0, h/bk, £84.00, ISBN 978-0-42929-006-0, e/bk, £25.89

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Party System Renewal or Business as Usual? Continuity and Change in Post-Bailout Portugal

The Exceptional Case of Post-Bailout Portugal ◽

10.4324/9781003216254-3 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 53-77

Author(s):

Marco Lisi ◽

Edalina Rodrigues Sanches ◽

Jayane dos Santos Maia

Keyword(s):

Party System ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Business As Usual

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Electoral Continuity and Change in South Korea since Democratization

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.2021.1519475 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-33

Author(s):

Jae Hyeok Shin ◽

Hojun Lee ◽

Suk Jae Hur

Keyword(s):

Voting Behavior ◽

Democratic Party ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Party System ◽

Interactive Effects ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

South Korean ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

The Difference

The literature on South Korean elections has shown that voters’ region, ideology, and generation shape their preferences at the polls. Few studies, however, have investigated the long-term effects of these variables or the difference in the effects of ideology and generation between regions. In this article, we generate theoretical expectations of Korean voters’ voting behavior, analyzing cleavage structures in the party system since democratization, and we then examine the interactive effects of region with ideology and generation across voters from Gyeongsang and Jeolla, in six presidential elections from 1992 to 2017. We find that ideology and generation have stronger effects among Gyeongsang voters than among Jeolla voters. To be specific, ideology and generation often divide Gyeongsang voters, especially when the Democratic Party nominates a presidential candidate from Gyeongsang; Jeolla voters are more homogeneous in their support for the party, regardless of their ideology and generation.

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