Complexity in the European Party Space : Exploring Dimensionality with Experts
Bakker, Ryan ; Jolly, Seth and Polk, Jonathan LU
(2012)
In European Union Politics
13(2).
p.219-245
- Abstract
- Does the n-issue space in domestic European polities reduce to one, two, or more dimensions? How do these dimensions relate to each other? More broadly, how does dimensionality vary across countries? We attempt to advance our understanding of political contestation in Europe by mapping the dimensionality of the political space across 24 countries using Chapel Hill expert survey (CHES) data. We test how well different models of the European political space fit the CHES data and find that three-dimensional models best fit the data in all countries. However, there is considerable cross-national variation in how the three dimensions relate to one another. Given this, we present a new measure of dimensional complexity that captures the degree... (More)
- Does the n-issue space in domestic European polities reduce to one, two, or more dimensions? How do these dimensions relate to each other? More broadly, how does dimensionality vary across countries? We attempt to advance our understanding of political contestation in Europe by mapping the dimensionality of the political space across 24 countries using Chapel Hill expert survey (CHES) data. We test how well different models of the European political space fit the CHES data and find that three-dimensional models best fit the data in all countries. However, there is considerable cross-national variation in how the three dimensions relate to one another. Given this, we present a new measure of dimensional complexity that captures the degree to which these three dimensions are related. In so doing, we improve our understanding of the complexity of the political space in European countries. (Less)
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- author
- Bakker, Ryan
; Jolly, Seth
and Polk, Jonathan
LU
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- dimensionality, European politics, expert surveys, party politics
- in
- European Union Politics
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 219 - 245
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84868656098
- ISSN
- 1465-1165
- DOI
- 10.1177/1465116512436995
- language
- English
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- 7fcaf92d-84fb-4b0e-a5e0-d18100885f82
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