Niche, challenger and new parties
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How does the entry of representation relates to the entry of new/niche/challenger parties helps the quality of representation?
- but fragmentation
- niche parties do not compromise
- accountability is difficult
- difference between responsiveness and responsibility
What is the spatial theory as it is used in politics?
Why should we care about new parties?
- tell us something about party system change
- change the relationship between voters and parties (volatility)
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Are niche/challenger/new parties a good development?
- competition is good
- voters change, thus parties also have to change
- generates however the idea that new issues need new parties
- it is healthy for democracy to have new ideas -> might innovate the system
Why do they claim that challenger parties are successful?
What waves of challenger parties identify De Vries and Hobolt?
- greens -> 1970s onwards
- radical right -> 1980s/1990s/2000s
How do they define mainstream and challenger/niche parties?
challenger/niche -> parties that focus on non-economic issues
Why is it useful to make the distinction between economic and non-economic issues?
When do they say that new parties are successful?
What are advantages of a party when it gets into parliament?
- matters how much media coverage you get
What kinds of niche parties do Wieringa and Meijers find?
- European integration
- ethnic
- anti/pro-immigrant
- green
- agrarian
- elderly
- local and regional
When are parties more successful?
- right wing parties
- visibility
- nicheness
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