Policy or office?: The determinants of programmatic change in West European political parties

Although it is undisputed in the literature that parties’ policy positions move, it is much less clear what actually moves parties. In our paper, we seek to advance the debate on programmatic change in political parties theoretically as well as empirically. We start out by theoretically discussing t...

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Main Authors: Zohlnhöfer, Reimut (Author) , Bandau, Frank (Author)
Format: Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: The European social model under pressure
Year: 2019, Pages: 501-518
DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-27043-8_28
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27043-8_28
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Author Notes:Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Frank Bandau

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