Party system closure and openness: conceptualization, operationalization and validation

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Party system closure and openness: conceptualization, operationalization and validation

The degree of closure of the governmental arena is a central aspect of the stabilization of party systems, and yet little systematic effort has been devoted to its operationalization. The article proposes a new index, examines its reliability and validity, and reports the ranking of 60 party systems...

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Main Authors:	Casal Bertoa, Fernando, Enyedi, Zsolt
Format:	Article
Published:	SAGE 2016
Subjects:	1848-2013 European democracies government formation party system closure structure of competition
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35104/

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