TY  - JOUR
TI  - Policy Positions, Issue Importance, and Party Competition in New Democracies
AU  - Tavits, Margit
PY  - 2007
PB  - SAGE Publications
LA  - eng
AB  - This article examines the dynamics of vote redistribution after new party entry in the context of East European democracies. Contrary to the dominant institutional and sociological approaches, the author focuses on the (strategic) policy choices of the new contestants. The author argues that a new party's choice about where to place itself in relation to existing parties and which issues to emphasize can determine its electoral success or failure. Aggregate and individual-level analyses confirm this argument. The findings underline the importance of policy-based party competition in the region. As a broader theoretical contribution, the study underscores the relevance of issue importance, and not just party issue positions, in political competition.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414006293857
DO  - 10.1177/0010414006293857
T2  - Comparative political studies: CPS
VL  - 41
IS  - 1
SN  - 1552-3829
SN  - 0010-4140
SP  - 48-72
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/cr-10.1177/0010414006293857
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -