Who says that 'it has already been shown that there exists no centre opinion...tendency... doctrine separate in any kind from the doctrines of the right or left- but only a dilution of their doctrines'?
Duverger
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What is Sartori's view on centre parties?
the very existence of a centre party discourages centrality
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Who says that the highest degree of opposition concentration exists in a two-party system?
Dahl
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Who says that two opposition parties may be further away from each other than the government?
Sartori
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What is clientilism?
buying votes
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Who argues that moderate multipartism is only favourable on the condition that all parties are minority parties?
Lijphart
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Who says 'a party is not a community but a collection of communities'?
Duverger
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Who compares parties to McDonalds?
Carty
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Who says that even parties committed to democracy become dominated by a ruling elite?
Michels
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To whom does the frozen cleavages idea belong?
Lipset and Rokkan
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Why does Duverger believe that FPTP leads to two party systems and PR to multiparty systems?
problems of math and wasted vote syndrome
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Who say that Duverger is wrong about electoral formula's effect on the number of parties and that the formula exists to serve the demand for parties due to social cleavages?
Ordeshook and Coz
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Who introduced median voter theorem?
Downs
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Who says the new parties now emerge by finding a new policy dimension (immigration/environment)?
Riker
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What is Sartori's view on centre parties?
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the very existence of a centre party discourages centrality
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Who says that the highest degree of opposition concentration exists in a two-party system?
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Who says that two opposition parties may be further away from each other than the government?
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