Competition Between Unequals: The Role of Mainstream Party Strategy in Niche Party Success
Competition Between Unequals: The Role of Mainstream Party Strategy in Niche Party Success
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不平等之间的竞争：主流政党策略在利基政党成功中的作用
DOI：
10.1017/s0003055405051701
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Bonnie M. Meguid
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作者：
Bonnie M. Meguid
是什么导致了小众政党在选举中获胜的差异？尽管对单一问题政党实力的制度和社会学解释一直占主导地位，但它们往往将政党从分析中剔除。在这篇文章中，我认为主流政党的行为会影响新的、小众政党行动者的选举命运。与标准的空间理论相比，我的理论认识到政党策略通过改变政治竞争问题的突出性和所有权而起作用，而不仅仅是政党问题的立场。由此可见，利基政党的支持可以由近端和非近端竞争者共同塑造。对1970 - 2000年17个西欧国家绿党和极右翼政党投票的分析证实了主流政党战略的重要性；修正后的空间理论比制度、社会学甚至标准的空间解释更好地解释了不同国家、不同时间的生态位政党的成败。
What accounts for variation in the electoral success of niche parties? Although institutional and sociological explanations of single-issue party strength have been dominant, they tend to remove parties from the analysis. In this article, I argue that the behavior of mainstream parties influences the electoral fortunes of the new, niche party actors. In contrast to standard spatial theories, my theory recognizes that party tactics work by altering the salience and ownership of issues for political competition, not just party issue positions. It follows that niche party support can be shaped by both proximal and non-proximal competitors. Analysis of green and radical right party vote in 17 Western European countries from 1970 to 2000 confirms that mainstream party strategies matter; the modified spatial theory accounts for the failure and success of niche parties across countries and over time better than institutional, sociological, and even standard spatial explanations.