The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems / Alessandro Chiaramonte, Vincenzo Emanuele.
Chiaramonte, Alessandro.; Emanuele, Vincenzo, 1986-
2022
JN94.A979
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Title
The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems / Alessandro Chiaramonte, Vincenzo Emanuele.
Author
Chiaramonte, Alessandro.
ISBN
9783030979782 (electronic bk.)
3030979784 (electronic bk.)
3030979776
9783030979775
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97978-2
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
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Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-97978-2 doi
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JN94.A979
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.24
Summary
This book offers a systematic and far-reaching account of party system institutionalization in Western Europe. Drawing upon a wide array of data and through a comparison of 20 countries from the end of WWII to 2019 across three arenas of party competition (electoral, parliamentary, and governmental ones), the empirical analysis shows that, over the past decade, the level of institutionalization in the Western European party systems has dramatically declined compared with previous decades. Electoral, parliamentary, and in some cases governmental instability and unpredictability have reached record-high levels. Although the impact of the 2008 Great Recession has certainly worked as a catalyst, this process of de-institutionalization has been mainly driven by long-term factors, such as cleavage decline and length of democratic experience. Moreover, its consequences are relevant not only for the relationship between parties and voters, but also for the very quality of democracy, as party system deinstitutionalization causes a decline in the citizens satisfaction of the way democracy works and even an erosion of the objective democratic standards. In a nutshell, Western Europe, once seen as the land of stability and the cradle of democracy, may have become the land of party system deinstitutionalization and incipient democratic backsliding. Alessandro Chiaramonte is Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence, Italy. Vincenzo Emanuele is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, Italy.
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Intro
Preface and Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Party System Institutionalization: A Critical Review of the Literature
2.2 Toward a New Conceptualization (I): Addressing the Multidimensionality of Party System Institutionalization
2.3 Toward a New Conceptualization (II): Integrating Electoral, Parliamentary, and Governmental Arenas
References
3 Party System Instability and Unpredictability Between Votes and Seats

3.1 Disentangling Volatility: Alteration and Regeneration
3.2 Volatility in Western Europe: Empirical Evidence
3.3 Volatility in Western Europe: National Variations
3.4 Volatility in Western Europe: Evolution Over Time
3.5 Patterns of Instability and Unpredictability in Western Europe
3.6 Conclusion
Appendix
References
4 The Rise of New Parties and the Reshaping of Party Systems
4.1 'New Party' and 'Party System Innovation': From Theory to Measurement
4.2 Electoral and Parliamentary Innovation in Western Europe
4.3 The Exceptional Rise of Innovation in the 2010s

4.4 Innovation in a Cumulative Perspective: Founder and Non-founder Parties of the Democratic Regime
4.5 The Effects of Innovation on Party Systems After 75 Years of Democracy
4.6 Conclusion
Appendix
References
5 Interparty Competition in the Governmental Arena
5.1 The First Sign of Government Stability: Cabinet Duration
5.2 The Three Faces of Interparty Competition in the Governmental Arena
5.2.1 Temporal and National Patterns
5.3 A Tale of Interparty Competition in the Governmental Arena

5.4 On the Eve of a Wave of Party System Deinstitutionalization in the Governmental Arena?
Appendix
References
6 Party System Institutionalization: Measurement and Evidence
6.1 A New Index to Measure Party System Institutionalization
6.2 Validation
6.3 Empirical Evidence
6.4 A Consistent and Sustained Process of Party System Deinstitutionalization
Appendix
References
7 Explaining Party System Deinstitutionalization
7.1 The Drivers of Party System (De)Institutionalization: Hypotheses
7.2 Data and Method
7.3 Results and Discussion
7.4 Conclusion
Appendix

Further Robustness Checks
References
8 The Consequences of Party System Deinstitutionalization on Democracy
8.1 The Effect of PSI on 'Subjective' and 'Objective' Democracy: Hypotheses
8.2 Controls, Data, and Method
8.3 Results and Discussion
8.4 Conclusion
Appendix
Further Robustness Checks
References
9 Conclusion: Western European Party Systems in the Midst of the Storm
References
Index

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