Political opportunity structures and the parliamentary entry of splinter, merger, and genuinely new parties
Drawing on an original sample of 351 elections held in new and consolidated democracies from 1960 to 2013, this article examines the likelihood that new parties gain parliamentary representation as a function of electoral system permissiveness and contextual factors that shape political entrepreneur...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2020
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