Explaining Party Emergence in Swedish Local Politics 1973–2002

Gissur Ó. Erlingsson ()
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Gissur Ó. Erlingsson: The Ratio Institute, Postal: The Ratio Institute, P.O. Box 5095, SE-102 42 Stockholm, Sweden, http://www.ratio.se/erlingsson

No 115, Ratio Working Papers from The Ratio Institute

Abstract: Since individuals demanding formations of new parties face a collective action problem, I inquire why people form new parties, and why this political strategy became increasingly popular between 1973 and 2002 in Swedish municipalities. Case-studies indicate that ‘strong emotions’ – i.e. anger, frustration and indignation – mobilize rational actors to start up new parties. However, ‘strong emotions’ only explain why individuals form parties in the first place, not why party formation has become a popular strategy. Hence, I hypothesize that entrepreneurs forming parties at t inspire potential entrepreneurs in neighbouring municipalities at t + 1. Since previous attempts to explain the increasing number of new parties in Sweden have failed, I maintain that the support the hypothesis gains adds important knowledge to this field.

Keywords: Party entrepreneurs; new parties; emotional arousal; rational imitation; local politics; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D71 D72 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2008-01-03
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