Journal of European Public Policy· 2017Q1
Cleavage theory meets Europe’s crises: Lipset, Rokkan, and the transnational cleavage
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Short summary
Europe's current crises from immigration, integration, and trade may represent a critical juncture for party systems, analogous to historical junctures identified by Lipset and Rokkan.
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Key points
- Europe's current crises (immigration, integration, trade) may signal a critical juncture for political party systems.
- This juncture is potentially as consequential as historical junctures identified by Lipset and Rokkan.
- Party systems change episodically, not gradually.
- Political parties exhibit programmatic inflexibility.
- Party system change manifests as the rise of new parties.
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Abstract
This article argues that the perforation of national states by immigration, integration and trade may signify a critical juncture in the political development of Europe no less consequential for political parties and party systems than the previous junctures that Lipset and Rokkan detect in their classic article. We present evidence suggesting that (1) party systems are determined in episodic breaks from the past; (2) political parties are programmatically inflexible; and, (3) as a consequence, party system change comes in the form of rising parties.
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