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political parties and party system Flashcards

1
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what are the 5 parties of the nordic party system

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conservative
liberal
agrarian
social democrats
communist families

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Describe social democrats

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moderate left on moral issues, centrist on immigration and environment

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Describe communist and radical left

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especially in finland and Iceland early 50s, most left, liberal on immigration and environment

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Describe conservative

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economic interest middle class, agree to some welfare, for private property, most right on economic issues, decrease immigration

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describe liberal

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more social liberal than economic liberal, secular on moral and religious issues

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describe agrarian

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centrist, immigration lean right

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what are the 3 main deviation from the 5 party system

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  1. swedish peoples party (right on econ, liberal moral and immg, centrist environment.)
  2. christian party in Norway
  3. absence of liberal party in Iceland
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what are the new parties:

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religious
radical right
green parties

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what are the religious parties

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emerged because: against secularization trends. restrictive on moral but less on immi.and env.

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what are radical right

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anti-immigration profile, anti-environment, at first anti-taxe

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what are green parties

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left on all issues

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12
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which has the most fragmentation in electorate

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Finland (5.7 parties) sweden least 3.9

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what is the net electoral volatility

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sum of change in support of various parties from one election to the next

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what does net electoral volatility underlines

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instability in the party system+ lack of close identification to 1 party

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what is polarization

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distance between political parties for selected policies

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16
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what are the special traits of party system Denmark

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less support SD
small but influential centre
strong radical right force
deviation from old pattern: from 2001-2011, minority gov of agrarian liberals and conservative with danish people party (right) not centre

17
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what are the special traits of party system finland

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-historical centre and agrarian parties (nation-building)
- decrease support liberal
-swedish peoples party

18
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what are the special traits of party system Iceland

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-dominance of conservative/independence party
-only one centre party(agrarian)
-fragmented left parties
-woman alliance 1983-99
-alliance (SD+woman+peoples alliance)

19
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what are the special traits of party system Norway

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-christian party establish early strong
-strong radical right force “the progress party”
-weak agrarian party

20
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what is fragmentation in party system

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number of significant parties nd their electoral support

21
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what are the special traits of party system sweden

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-high stability
-SD dominant
-conservative the second most important
-no radical right force before 2010
-more support for non-socialist since 2006-2014

22
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earthquake elections took place in

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finland 1970
Denmark and Norway 1973
emergence of radical right parties

23
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before vs now sweden

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still sd the best, increase conservative and radical right,

24
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before vs now finland

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increase radical right, decrease all left

25
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before vs now Norway

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still sd the best and conservative, increase radical right

26
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before vs now Iceland

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decrease conservative and sd, increase agrarian and liberal

27
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before vs now Denmark

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increase radical right and decrease conservative, still sd best, increase agrarian

28
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what are primaries and the type of

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selection process which include a selectorate beyond the representative organs and committees of party

-closed primary= registered member of the party
-partially open= anyone who willing give formal declaration of support or hand-in application
-open= anyone who is eligible to vote

29
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what is the conclusion of the paper on primaries

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-inject parties with healthy dynamism
-extend network of supporters and
-provide more opportunities to stand up to established power structures
-enhance democratic rep.+member involvement
BUT challenges cohesion

30
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how many parties to form gov normally Finland

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3

31
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what was the red earth and popular front in finland

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red earth= sd and centre
popular front= sd and centre and radical left

32
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1987-2011 characterized by (finland)..

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shifting pivotality (one of the 3 main against the 2)= driven them closer in ideas

33
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institutional factor of increase level of complexity Finland

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removal 1992 of qualified majority rule required 2/3 and even 5/6 majority for passage rule

34
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how measure the complexity

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1.time between election and appointment of new gov
2. length of gov program

35
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what are the 2 function og gov programs

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  1. compensate for lack of info about intensions of coalition partners
  2. promotes cabinet cohesion by settling common goal

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