Return to search

Zhodnocení polarizace a deinstitucionalizace stranického systému v multistranických západoevropských zemích v letech 1998 až 2018 / Assessing polarisation and party system deinstitutionalisation in multiparty Western Europe between 1998 and 2018

The consequences and aftermaths of the 2008 Great Recession have played an important role in stirring people fear and agony to 'some' other people. The phenomenon is defined as the root of affective polarization. Research has claimed that affective polarization derives from partisan identity and the theory of social identity, and those affects are developed and reached beyond the classic concept of ideological polarization. During the post-economic crisis, a number of successful new radical right parties has surged across the continent. In addition, Western European politics has severely been polarized and increasingly characterized by growing hostility and incivility across partisan lines. Simultaneously, the trend of deinstitutionalization of party system goes upward across Europe. This article seeks to investigate a puzzle of whether and how increasing levels of party system deinstitutionalization are associated with increasing polarization. Assessing the association between party system deinstitutionalization and the two dimensions of polarization between 1997 and 2017 (82 elections in 15 countries), the empirical result shows such an unexpected result and strongly implies the underestimated effects of political structures on party system deinstitutionalization and polarization while...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:453458
Date January 2021
CreatorsLaohabut, Thareerat
ContributorsTorcal, Mariano, Handl, Vladimír
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Page generated in 0.0018 seconds