Cartel Parties in Western Europe?
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Party Politics
- Vol. 11 (2), 173-191
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068805049738
Abstract
In this article I discuss the empirical validity of the cartel thesis, and review three analytical dimensions of the concept: organizational change, functional change and change of party competition in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. I use the empirical findings to elaborate the cartel party model, with three main results. First, in Denmark and Germany party cartels have developed in different ways; second, while the cartel thesis points to important developments, some assumptions are far-fetched and we therefore have to look for the core defining elements of cartel parties; third, the favourable and unfavourable conditions facilitating or hindering the development of party cartels have to be clarified.Keywords
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