Policy interconnections in party competition : issue linkages in 23 countries

This thesis argues that party ideologies are made up of a series of issues that vary in the extent of their interconnections. This approach to party programmes builds on Converse's (1964) description of belief systems and on Downs' (1957) understanding of ideologies. The concept of policy...

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Main Author: Wagner, Markus
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645875