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Making Sense of Party systems-II. More cases: More confusion or ?. Reminders:. Research paper outline due Thurs. Nov. 18 th This should lay out the paper in point form principal arguments Evidence which you will use to support these arguments Conclusions. Final exam. Saturday, Dec. 8 th
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Making Sense of Party systems-II More cases: More confusion or ?
Reminders: Research paper outline due Thurs. Nov. 18th • This should lay out the paper in point form • principal arguments • Evidence which you will use to support these arguments • Conclusions
Final exam Saturday, Dec. 8th 9:00-11:00 AA1043
Party systems: • System: any regular, recurring pattern of interaction • Party system: the context in which parties operate and interact with each other. • `Systemness’ – a party’s strategy, tactics, and behaviour affected (among other things) by what other parties do • what one party does influences others – they need to take account of its behaviour, strategies, the support which it can win
Getting oriented: A look at some party systems • Germany • Sweden • Netherlands
The UK Party System • The 19th c party system Liberals Liberal Unionists Conservatives _____________________________________ Irish Nationalists • The 20th c party system Labour Liberals Conservatives
The Federal Republic of Germany 1957-1983: SPD FPDCDU/CSU _______________________________ 1983-1989: G SPD FDP CDU/CSU _______________________________ 1990-present PDSG SPD CDU/CSU FDP __________________________________
Sweden pre-1990: Left SDCentre Liberal Conservative __________________________________ From the 1990s: Left SDCentreLib Cons New Democ. ___________________________________
Netherlands: Pre-2000 SP GL PvdA D66 CDA VVD CU SGP __________________________________
Netherlands: from 2002 2002 SP GLPvdA D66CDA VVD LPF CU SGP __________________________________ 2008 PvdD SP GLPvdA D66CDA VVD TON PVV CU SGP _______________________________________