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On a Short Leash? Sub-National Party Positions between Regional Context and National Party Unity
Müller, Jochen
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2012.742092
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URL:
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1745728...
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Dokumenttyp:
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Zeitschriftenartikel
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Erscheinungsjahr:
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2013
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Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe:
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Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
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Band/Volume:
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23
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Heft/Issue:
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2
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Seitenbereich:
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177-199
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Ort der Veröffentlichung:
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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Verlag:
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Routledge
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ISSN:
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1745-7289 , 1745-7297
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Sprache der Veröffentlichung:
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Englisch
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Einrichtung:
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Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > MZES - Arbeitsbereich B
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Fachgebiet:
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320 Politik
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Abstract:
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Do sub-national parties reproduce the programmatic orientation of the party as a whole? Or are they able to adjust their programmatic orientation to their sub-national electorate? I seek to answer these questions based on the policy positions of German sub-national parties and survey data on voters' positions. Referring to these very similar parties – which all have to commit themselves to certain policy positions in the run-up to state elections – allows for a controlled analysis of sub-national parties' autonomy. The analyses reveal that the regional context does play a role; voters' preferences and the unemployment rate appear to influence the dynamics of party positions. However, the results also show that regional branches of the same party change their positions in a similar way and also seek not to distance themselves too far from the national party line. This indicates that German sub-national parties appear first and foremost to be regional party branches of national parties.
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