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Why dominant governing parties are cross-nationally influential
Böhmelt, Tobias
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Ezrow, Lawrence
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Lehrer, Roni
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Schleiter, Petra
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Ward, Hugh
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqx067
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URL:
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https://academic.oup.com/isq/article-abstract/61/4...
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Additional URL:
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https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Why-Dominant...
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Document Type:
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Article
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Year of publication:
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2017
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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International Studies Quarterly
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Volume:
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61
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Issue number:
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4
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Page range:
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749-759
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Place of publication:
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Malden, MA ; Oxford
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Publishing house:
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Wiley ; Oxford University Press
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ISSN:
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0020-8833 , 1468-2478
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department B
Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > SFB 884
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Subject:
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320 Political science
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Abstract:
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Previous research suggests that political parties learn from and emulate the successful election strategies of governing parties in other countries. But what explains variation in the degree of influence that governing parties have on their foreign counterparts? We argue that clarity of responsibility within government, or the concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a dominant governing party, allows parties to learn from the most obviously electorally successful incumbents. It therefore enhances the cross-national diffusion of party programs. To test this expectation, we analyze parties’ policy positions in twenty-six established democracies since 1977. Our results indicate that parties disproportionately learn from and emulate dominant, high-clarity foreign incumbents. This finding contributes to a better understanding of the political consequences of government clarity and sheds new light on the heuristics that engender party-policy diffusion by demonstrating that the most visible foreign incumbents, whose platforms have yielded concentrated power in office, influence party politics “at home.”
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Böhmelt, Tobias
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Ezrow, Lawrence
;
Lehrer, Roni
;
Schleiter, Petra
;
Ward, Hugh
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Böhmelt, Tobias
;
Ezrow, Lawrence
;
Lehrer, Roni
;
Schleiter, Petra
;
Ward, Hugh
ORCID:
Böhmelt, Tobias, Ezrow, Lawrence, Lehrer, Roni  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9202-9278, Schleiter, Petra and Ward, Hugh
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