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Success and failure in electoral competition: selective issue emphasis under incomplete issue ownership
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Abstract Political parties are often argued to compete for voters by stressing issues they feel they own - a strategy known as "selective emphasis". While usually seen as an electorally rewarding strategy, this article argues that cultivating your themes in the public debate is not guaranteed to be electoral... view more
Political parties are often argued to compete for voters by stressing issues they feel they own - a strategy known as "selective emphasis". While usually seen as an electorally rewarding strategy, this article argues that cultivating your themes in the public debate is not guaranteed to be electorally beneficial and may even become counter-productive. It describes the conditions under which "selective emphasis" becomes counter-productive, and applies the argument to recent discussions regarding the strategies of mainstream parties confronting the extreme right. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
party; competition; party politics; political program; political strategy; policy of confrontation
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
14 p.
Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Schwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Forschungsprofessur und Projekt The Future of Fiscal Federalism, SP II 2012-102
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56052
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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