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Why have European large parties lost electoral ground in recent decades? Whereas most explanations draw on theories of dealignment, this paper advances a novel, institutional, argument by focusing on the introduction of direct elections to the European Parliament (EP) in 1979. Archetypes of second-order elections, EP elections are characterized by lower vote shares for 1) large and 2) incumbent parties. Bridging the second-order elections theory with theories of political socialization, we po...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Accepted Manuscript
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- 10.1177/0010414017710259
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- SAGE Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Comparative Political Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 447-476
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-17
- DOI:
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1552-3829
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0010-4140
- Pubs id:
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pubs:697556
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uri:54774718-4f85-40d6-96cf-f8c92ff825a4
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uuid:54774718-4f85-40d6-96cf-f8c92ff825a4
- Local pid:
- pubs:697556
- Paper number:
- 4
- Copyright holder:
- Dinas and Riera
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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Copyright © 2017 The Authors. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from SAGE at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414017710259
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Do European Parliament elections impact national party system fragmentation?
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