Legislative Party Fragmentation in Swiss Cantons; A Function of Cleavage Structures or Electoral Institutions?  

Oleh:

Vatter, Adrian

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Party Politics vol. 9 no. 4 (Jul. 2003), page 445–461.
Topik: cleavage structures  electoral institutions  legislative parties  party system fragmentation  Swiss cantons
Fulltext: 445PP94.pdf (61.8KB)

Isi artikel

The determinants of party fragmentation in the two dozen cantonal parliaments of Switzerland are examined. Empirically, it is shown that the number of legislative parties in the Swiss member states is on the one hand a function of the religious heterogeneity of the cantons, and on the other a function of the effective threshold. Finally, sociostructural characteristics (urbanization, population density) are linked to the number of legislative parties in Swiss cantons.

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