Publication details
Utváření typologií politických stran a problém jejich teoretického a empirického ukotvení
| Title in English | Constructing typologies of political parties: issues in their theoretical and empirical grounding |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Politologický časopis |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | political parties; party types; typology; analysis |
| Description | Using the example of one of the contemporary typologies of political parties drawn up by Richard Gunther and Larry Diamond, the present authors point out the undesirable consequences which follow from underestimating the theoretical justification of the choices that were made in the construction of party types, namely the choice of the dimensions and the criteria employed. According to the authors, it is precisely the awareness of the different possibilities provided by the variously grounded and developed typologies (with varying proportions of theoretical and empirical elements) that is a necessary, though not sufficient condition of the adjustment of the horizon in which the forms of political partisanship are presently studied. |
| Related projects: |