Legislative party fragmentation in Swiss cantons - A function of cleavage structures or electoral institutions?

被引：54
作者：
Vatter, A [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Bern, Dept Polit Sci, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
来源：
PARTY POLITICS | 2003年 / 9卷 / 04期
关键词：
cleavage structures; electoral institutions; legislative parties; party system fragmentation; Swiss cantons;
D O I：
10.1177/135406880394002
中图分类号：
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号：
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要：
The determinants of party fragmentation in the two dozen cantonal parliaments of Switzerland are examined. Empirically, it is shown that the number of legislative parties in the Swiss member states is on the one hand a function of the religious heterogeneity of the cantons, and on the other a function of the effective threshold. Finally, sociostructural characteristics (urbanization, population density) are linked to the number of legislative parties in Swiss cantons.
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页码：445 / 461
页数：17
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