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Institutionalization of Voting Patterns, or is Mobilization the Source of Decay?

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The effect of electoral mobilization upon the decay of political institutions is examined with reference to the stability of aggregate voting patterns in Western Europe. Historical time series are studied empirically to test predictions derived from a formal model. The conclusion is that demobilization of groups, rather than mobilization of new voters, threatens the stability of electoral institutions. It is argued that electoral mobilization is a process through which political institutions preserve stability of social relations.

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  • Przeworski, Adam, 1975. "Institutionalization of Voting Patterns, or is Mobilization the Source of Decay?," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(1), pages 49-67, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:69:y:1975:i:01:p:49-67_24
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    1. Alejandro Corvalan, 2011. "Institutional Design aganist Electoral Participation: the case of Chile," Working Papers 32, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales.
    2. Carles Boix, 1999. "Setting the rules of the game: The choice of electoral systems in advanced democracies," Economics Working Papers 367, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    3. Hizen, Yoichi & Kamijo, Yoshio & Tamura, Teruyuki, 2023. "Votes for excluded minorities and the voting behavior of the existing majority: A laboratory experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 209(C), pages 348-361.
    4. Sarkar, Sandip & Dash, Bharatee Bhusana, 2023. "On the measurement of electoral volatility," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 119-128.
    5. William Collins, 1986. "Does democracy inevitably imply hierarchy?," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 405-417, December.
    6. Edward G. Carmines, 1991. "The Logic of Party Alignments," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 3(1), pages 65-80, January.
    7. Howard L. Reiter, 1989. "Party Decline in the West A Skeptic's View," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 1(3), pages 325-348, July.

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