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Does ethnicity determine support for the governing party? : The structural and attitudinal basis of partisan identification in 12 African nations
Norris, Pippa (contributor); Mattes, Robert (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001870976
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Minor parties in Birmingham local elections
Morris, D. S. - 1969
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Parochial Politics : Ethnic Preferences and Politician Corruption
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Pande, Rohini - 2007
This paper examines how increased voter ethnicization, defined as a greater preference for the party representing one's ethnic group, affects politician quality. If politics is characterized by incomplete policy commitment, then ethnicization reduces average winner quality for the pro-majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051938
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Settlement Patterns and Electoral Mobilization : How Geography and the Electoral System Shape the Fate of Ethnic Parties in Sub-Saharan Africa
Vogt, Manuel; Koblet, Thomas - 2013
This study analyzes the emergence and electoral success of ethnic parties in Sub-Saharan Africa. It presents three main innovations compared to previous studies on the topic. First, we rely on a new spatial dataset on the ethnic electoral geography at the district level. Second, we complement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160475
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Ethnic Minority Voters in 2015 : A Breakthrough for the Conservative Party?
Martin, Nicole - 2017
It is widely thought by politicians and journalists that the 2015 UK general election represented a breakthrough election for the Conservative party, where their vote share among ethnic minority voters increased, and overtook that of Labour for the first time among some groups. I show that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967141
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The Effect of an Extreme Right Party on Ethnic Minority Feelings Towards Mainstream Parties; Context-Dependent Evaluations and Strategic Considerations
Martin, Nicole - 2017
The extreme right British National Party tends to perform better in areas with higher proportions of ethnic minority residents. Research so far has focused on the likelihood of white British individuals voting or supporting the party. This paper explores how the far right might affect ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971477
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Ethnicity, voter alignment and political party affiliation : an African case: Zambia
Erdmann, Gero - 2007
Wahlverhalten und Mitgliedschaft in politischen Parteien Afrikas ist nur wenig untersucht worden. Gewöhnlich wird … argumentiert, dass Ethnizität als soziale Konfliktlinie das Wahlverhalten und die Parteienmitgliedschaft strukturiert. Da dieses … Wahlverhalten und die Parteienmitgliedschaft spielt, aber keineswegs den einzigen Erklärungsfaktor darstellt. Die Analyse offenbart …
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Nationalized incumbents and regional challengers : opposition- and incumbent-party nationalization in Africa
Wahman, Michael - 2015
The African party literature, especially research prescribing to the long-dominant ethnic voting thesis, has asserted that African party systems exhibit low levels of party nationalization. However, systematic research on nationalization across parties and party systems is still lacking. This...
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Parochial politics : ethnic preferences and politician corruption
Banerjee, Abhijit V. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003520170
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Parochial politics : ethnic preferences and politician corruption
Banerjee, Abhijit V. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003526645