The analysis of partisan differences in advanced democracies: the “independent variable problem” reconsidered

The paper challenges the idea that using governing parties’ policy positions is necessarily desirable in quantitative analyses of partisan differences in public policies. Rather, for some research questions parties’ affiliation with certain party families is the preferable solution. The paper shows...

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Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 04 June 2023
In: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Year: 2023, Jahrgang: 17, Heft: 1, Pages: 77-87
ISSN:1865-2654
DOI:10.1007/s12286-023-00568-6
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