Bridging the Divide: Measuring Party System Change and Classifying Party Systems

Riccardo Pelizzo and Zim Nwokora ()
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Zim Nwokora: Deakin University, Australia

No 16/042, Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. from African Governance and Development Institute.

Abstract: Party systems research has proceeded along two parallel lines of inquiry, one predominantly “qualitative” and the other “quantitative.” This article attempts to bridge this divide in two ways. First, by showing that qualitative information can be valuable in the construction of quantitative measures. Second, by showing that the results from applying theoretically- sensitive measurement tools can be useful for qualitative classification. These analyses are performed using an original dataset of party system changes in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords: Political Parties; Political Institutions; Party System Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K00 O10 P16 P43 P50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2016-10
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Forthcoming: Politics & Policy

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