Reducing the gap between leaders and voters? Elite polarization, outbidding competition, and the rise of secessionism in Catalonia
Reducing the gap between leaders and voters? Elite polarization, outbidding competition, and the rise of secessionism in Catalonia
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DOI：
10.1080/01419870.2016.1213400
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Rodriguez-Teruel, Juan
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作者：
Barrio, Astrid;Rodriguez-Teruel, Juan
种族竞买理论解释了政党极化是选民政治变化的结果。相反，我们认为，在政治不确定性日益增加的背景下，政党精英在国家认同分裂上的极端立场可以帮助两极分化策略战胜温和策略，而无需之前选民的两极分化。我们通过分析21世纪初以来加泰罗尼亚政党的两极分化和人民对自治的要求，成功地在加泰罗尼亚验证了这一假设。我们还发现，这种竞价竞争模式的结果是缩小了精英和选民对国家认同的看法之间的差距。该分析采用了一组关于政党精英和活动人士的民族认同的独特数据，这些数据来自1996年至2012年间对加泰罗尼亚主要政党的政党会议代表进行的几次调查。我们的数据为种族极化主要是精英驱动的过程的观点提供了实证支持。
The ethnic outbidding thesis explains party polarization as a consequence of political changes amongst voters. We argued instead that party elites' extreme position on the national identity cleavage can help polarizing strategies to prevail over moderate strategies in a context of increasing political uncertainty, without previous voters' polarization. We test successfully this hypothesis in Catalonia by analysing the polarization of political parties and people's demands for self-government in Catalonia since the early 2000s. We also find that the result of this outbidding pattern of competition was a reduction in the gap between elites' and voters' views on national identity. The analysis employs a set of unique data on party elites and activists' national identity, from several surveys conducted on the delegates at party conferences of the main Catalan parties between 1996 and 2012. Our data provide empirical support for the argument that ethnic polarization is mainly an elite-driven process.