Elections and voting behaviour

Question 1

Aylott and Bolin (2019) - A party system in flux

Answer 1

Swedish parliamentary election, September 2018.

Rise of Sweden Democrats 17.5% of the vote and 3rd largest party. Left parliament ‘fragmented and finely balanced’

Question 2

Pippa Norris (2004) Electoral engineering

Answer 2

Compares and evaluates two broad schools of thought.

1) FORMAL rules define electoral incentives, and changing these rules changes political behaviour
2) CULTURAL theory/ deeply embedded habitual social norms affect political behaviour

Question 3

Bartle & Belucci (2008) - Political parties and partisanship

Answer 3

Partisanship = fundamental concept. Focuses on the theories, dynamics and consequences of partisan (end of cleavage voting?)