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100	1		_aEZROW, Lawrence _935229
245	1	0	_aPartie's policy programmes and the dog that didn't bark : _bno evidene that proportional systems promote extreme party positioning
260			_aCambridge, UK : _bCambridge University Press, _cJuly 2008
520	3		_aThere is extensive theoretical research that explores the linkages between parties' policy positions, on the one hand, and the characteristics of the political system (i.e. voting rules and the number of parties) on the other, but empirical research on this topic is less developed. Building on earlier work by Jay Dow, this article reports empirical analyses exploring the connections between the average party policy extremism in fifteen party systems (defined as the average party policy distance from the party system centre), and two important system-level variables: the proportionality of the electoral laws used to select representatives to the national legislature, and the number of political parties. Contrary to expectations – but consistent with recent theoretical work by Norman Schofield and his co-authors – no evidence is found that average party policy extremism increases under proportional representation, nor that policy extremism increases in countries that feature large numbers of parties. These findings have important implications for political representation and for understanding parties' election strategies
773	0	8	_tBritish journal of political science _g38, 3, p. 479-497 _dCambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, July 2008 _xISSN 00071234 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c27174 _d27174
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