Schumacher, Gijs, van de Wardt, Marc, Vis, Barbara and Baggesen Klitgaard, Michael (2016) Why governing parties change their platforms more frequently than those in opposition. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (05 Jan 2016). Website.
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Following an election, are parties that enter government more likely to alter their electoral platform than parties in opposition? Gijs Schumacher, Marc van de Wardt, Barbara Vis and Michael Baggesen Klitgaard present findings from data on party programmes going back to 1945. Their research indicates that, contrary to expectations, parties in government are more likely to alter their programme than parties in opposition, but that this effect depends on the extent to which parties aspire to hold office in the next election.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2017 16:59 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 20:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70783 |
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