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Vybrané problémy kvantitativního výzkumu stability stranických systémů a jejich možná řešení
| Title in English | Selected questions connected with the quantitative research of the party system stability and their possible solutions |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Evropská volební studia |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | party system stability volatility independent candidates unknown parties new parties party replacement Pedersen index |
| Description | The paper deals with selected questions which are connected with party system stability calculation based on the Pedersen index of volatility. Problems of the category of the “other” parties, independent candidates and members of the parliament, identification of continuity and discontinuity of political parties are discussed. For the “other” parties three alternatives of calculation are identified, two of them are favoured and the remaining is found unsatisfactory. For independents there are four alternatives. The methodologically most preferable alternative is found too complicated for the data collection, out of the other alternatives the choosing of most preferable alternative must be based on the goal of the research whether the independents would be seen as one phenomenon persisting in the respective party system, or could be omitted in the calculation. In case of the difference between “old” and “new” parties complications could be solved only partly. |
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