Proportional electoral rules enable even discredited parties to return
Evidence
In general, the more proportional an electoral system, the more openings are available to political parties, even those that have been discredited by the past. — John T. Ishiyama, Party Organization and the Political…, 46
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Parties most needing to repudiate their past are least able to do it — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 433; Moderation alone cannot rehabilitate discredited parties competing against credible anticommunist rivals — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 652; Parties linked to hated collapsed regimes unexpectedly regained power — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 55 (+3 more)
Related
- Discredited successor parties must break with the past early to regain power (similarity 0.89)
- Discredited incumbent parties had to prove democratic intent to voters and rivals alike (similarity 0.88)
- Parties linked to hated collapsed regimes unexpectedly regained power (similarity 0.86)
- Parties most needing to repudiate their past are least able to do it (similarity 0.84)
- Discredited parties must transform organizationally and break with the past to regain power (similarity 0.83)
- Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration (similarity 0.82)
- Post-1989 demobilized electorates rewarded lean catch-all parties over mass ones. (similarity 0.82)
- Communist successor parties repurposed legacies of past reform to gain democratic credibility. (similarity 0.79)
- Discredited ancien regime actors can survive and succeed in new democratic orders. (similarity 0.79)
- Without an established record, a party’s past largely shapes its reputation. (similarity 0.79)
- Moderation alone cannot rehabilitate discredited parties competing against credible anticommunist rivals (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration
#corroborates(0.82) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 46