And 06 Does parties matter?
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What is Raunio and Wagner arguing about the effect of party systems?
They review other literature.
What does Drezner say about populist leaders?
What does Milner and Judkins find about parties and trade policy?
Does the ideology and the voters to the party matter?
They look at the cleavage division: different parties have difierent voters with different intersts, and so will the party.
- Left: labours - mroe protectionistic
- Right: business and trade - free trade in focus
They also find that globalisation matters: if you have a country wiht higher integration into the world economy, all parties will be more for free trade.
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What is the GAL-TAN dimension? And what is it used for?
- Tan: the traditional authoritarian
- Gal: green alternative left
Hooghe et al. Argues that: On traditional topics like trade we can use the left/right scale, but when we look at new topics like climate and integration, then the GAL/TAN scale is more useful.
What does Finke argue about the government's stance on EU integration?
He finds that the median voter will affect the governemnt's position, e.g. Through the parliament's position on eu integration.
What does Kaarbo argue about junior parties in government?
He says that they have more power when:
- By holding a ministerial position, especially if it is a ministry with a lot of power: the information asymmetry means that you can get your way.
- If they have a strategy to threaten the sitting power: if they can remove the government.
- Example: DF kept threatening not to accept the budget if they did not get their way on immigration.
- If you are unanimous in your position you can mobilize more resources and thus gain more influence.
What does Potrafke argue about American presidents? And why can it be critizised?
Critiques:
- Uses UNGA voting (1984-2005)
- Looks at fiscal policy, but UNGA does not have much to do with that.
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