From old socialists to new democrats by Hyde, S, Hyde, Sarah Jane

“…<p>In 1996, a new left of centre party emerged in Japan called the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and effectively replaced the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) as the main opposition party. …”

Democracy challenged: how parties politicize different democratic principles by Engler, S, Gessler, T, Abou-Chadi, T, Leemann, L

“…Conducting automated quantitative text analysis of Swiss, German and Austrian party press releases between 2006 and 2018 using a multidimensional dictionary of liberal democracy, we confirm that left-libertarian and populist radical right parties are the main challengers of the democratic status quo. …”

Neoliberal politics in South Korea and the Democratic Labour Party’s counter-campaign by Yoon, Hoppi

“…his article reviews the South Korean Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) anti-neoliberal campaigns of the 2000s.While the centrist government implemented abortive economic reform and pro-capitalist labour policies, the DLP had a great window of opportunity to replace the centrist tendency with a moderate socialist program.Contrary to expectations, the DLP’s counter neoliberalism campaigns were unsuccessful as the party’s campaigns went through within an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist struggle which resembled the radical Latin American leftist parties in the 1970s.Due mainly to this radical strategy, the DLP was unable to create a broad coalition with civil movements and the centre-left tendency.The DLP’s radical anti-neoliberalism campaign was unsuited to the Korean constituency and the party was defeated in a series of presidential elections.…”
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Donkey work: redefining the Democratic Party in an 'age of conservatism,' 1972-1984 by Andelic, P, Davies, G

“…The fact that the Democrats never experienced a protracted period of minority status, as the Republicans did during much of the mid-twentieth century, left them ill-equipped and without a powerful incentive to think in broader terms about their party’s mission.…”

The vital centre, the middle of nowhere, or something in-between: A study of political centrism in Western democracies by Hatem, D

“…</p> <p>This research demonstrates the importance of a more nuanced and comprehensive conception of the centre, and the crucial implications it has for the wide range of subjects in the social sciences relating to political ideology, including party competition, voter behaviour, political psychology, and democratic theory.…”

Perception of partisans toward democratic practice and the appointment of Prime Minister of Jordan by Al-Majali, Jehad Mohammad Khazer

“…In discussing the differences between the political factions toward the current democratic practice in Jordan and the appointment of the prime minister, the results showed that both the right wing and left wing were dissatisfied with the current democratic practice in Jordan, whereas the moderates seemed to be neutral in their stance. …”
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The Iceberg and the Titanic: Electoral Defeat, Policy Moods, and Party Change by Lovenduski, Joni, Norris, Pippa

“…This study comes to three main conclusions: (1) On the key issues of public spending and Europe, Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians remained close to the center-ground of Westminster party politics, with the Nationalist parties farther towards the left, and the Conservatives in clear blue water on the far right; (2) as a result of this pattern the Conservatives were the party furthest from the median British voter; and (3) one reason for this pattern was selective perception, so that Conservative politicians "missed the target." …”
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Redistribution within a Democratic society : the 'finished business' of he Italian agrarian reform by Bianchi, Tito

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A new progressive coalition? The European left in a time of change by Gingrich, J

“…This article examines changing patterns of voting for parties on the left in the UK and Europe. It shows that while combined support for social‐democratic, left and Green parties remains strong, the composition of the left's electorate has radically changed. …”

Beyond stomach infrastructure: party membership and political ideology in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Husaini, S

“… <p>This thesis explores political ideology in contemporary Nigeria through tracing the origins of two mass membership parties: The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). …”

Crosland's socialism: a history of the British Labour Party's revisionist tradition, 1951-81 by Horn, Geoff

“…The most influential thesis was provided by Anthony Crosland's The Future of Socialism (1956), which became the 'bible' for a generation of committed revisionists and helped equip the Party with a programme of radical reforms. By 1981 Labour's revisionist tradition had been marginalised, as the Party moved to the left and many of the inheritors of Crosland's ideas broke away to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP). …”
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It's my party and I'll lie if i want to: elite ideological obfuscation in post-authoritarian settings by Zucco, C, Power, T

“…Conservative politicians refused to identify themselves as right-wing, defining themselves instead as centrists and placing themselves ideologically to the left of their own political parties. We find that this phenomenon is not restricted to Brazil, but is widespread across Latin America’s Third Wave of democratization. …”

Europe’s forward march of labour halted: The left and the working class in Britain, France, and Italy during the long 1970s by Myers, M

“…Through a detailed archive-driven study of the evolution of the left in this period in Britain, France and Italy, it explores how the British, French, and Italian Communist, Socialist, and social democratic parties encountered a crisis of identity and of purpose in this transitional period. …”

The politics of the Chilean right from the Popular Front to 1964 by Correa, S, Sofia Correa

“…<p>The right in Chile has been crucial to the democratic politics of the country ever since the development of the party system. …”

Political socialisation and regime change: How the right ceased to be wrong in post-1974 Greece by Dinas, E

“…Dictatorships are linked either to the left or to the right. This association between ideology and the authoritarian past persists after the democratic transition, distorting people’s perceptions of the meaning of ideological labels. …”

APRA, 1968-1988 by Graham, C, Graham, Carol

“…<p>Peru has long had to contend with a lack of national and political integration. Yet its APRA party is the oldest mass-based reformist party in the region, and its mission has historically been to integrate the nation. …”

"Not an encounter group": democracy and women's committees by Stokes, Wendy

“…Women's committees were introduced in some local authorities from 1982, where both the women's movement and the new urban left of the Labour Party played a part in their creation. …”
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The ideological shadow of authoritarianism by Dinas, E, Northmore-Ball, K

“…We propose an alternative legacy-focused theory based on two observations: Dictatorships are not ideologically neutral and are negatively evaluated by most citizens and elites after democratization. These premises lead us to expect that when the authoritarian regime is associated with the left (right), the citizens of a new democracy will display an antileft (antiright) bias in their left–right self-identification. …”

Are language rights fundamental by Green, L

“…The rights of linguistic and religious minorities were the only ones entrenched in the British North America Act that left the usual civil liberties to the protection of common law and party politics. …”

Redemption and reform in A Secular Age: Charles Taylor's interpretation of early modern Protestantism by Wallace, NJ

“…Its biographical research together with intellectual-historical analysis of Taylor’s writings as a New Democratic Party politician and social theorist demonstrates that his “story” is intended to function as a Gramscian-Sorelian social myth to cultivate solidarity and subvert capitalist hegemony in the tradition of socialist humanism. …”