The evolution of party policy and cleavage voting under power-sharing in Northern Ireland
This article argues that post-conflict consociational arrangements in ethnically divided societies incentivize moderation by political parties, but not policy differentiation outside the main conflict. This results in little policy-driven voting. Analysing party manifestos and voter survey data, we...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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