Who emphasizes and who blurs? Party strategies in multidimensional competition
Who emphasizes and who blurs? Party strategies in multidimensional competition
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谁强调谁模糊？
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2012
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Jan Rovny
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Jan Rovny
大多数关于政党竞争的研究认为，呈现模棱两可的立场是一种代价高昂的策略。然而，本文献并未在多个议题维度上研究政党策略。然而，多维度可能在政党的战略考量中发挥重要作用。虽然一个政党强调某一问题层面可能是合理的，但通过模糊其立场来掩盖其在其他层面的立场也可能同样合理。本文认为，当事人在不同的维度语境中采用问题强调和立场模糊策略。因此，谁强调谁模糊取决于行动者在不同问题维度上的相对利害关系。本文采用比较宣言项目数据、2006年教堂山专家调查和2009年欧洲选举研究，对14个西欧政党体系中的132个政党进行了横断面分析。
Most studies of party competition consider the presentation of ambiguous positions a costly strategy. This literature, however, does not study party strategies in multiple issue dimensions. Yet multidimensionality may play an important role in parties’ strategic calculus. Although it may be rational for a party to emphasize a certain issue dimension, it may be equally rational to disguise its stance on other dimensions by blurring its position. This article argues that parties employ strategies of issue emphasis and position blurring in various dimensional contexts. Who emphasizes and who blurs thus depends on the actors’ relative stakes in different issue dimensions. The paper makes its case by performing cross-sectional analyses of 132 political parties in 14 West European party systems using Comparative Manifesto Project data, the 2006 Chapel Hill expert survey and the 2009 European Election Study.