In person icon Party Politics, Issue-Competition and Decentralisation

Abstract

Decentralisation and the accommodation of ethnic groups is an increasingly contested issue for political parties. The assertiveness of regionalist parties has compelled state-wide parties to recognise demands for greater territorial autonomy. Regionalist parties have, in turn, adjusted their ideological profile and diversified their list of objectives in response to the electoral and institutional strategies of state-wide parties. The panel seeks to identify the sources and consequences of party strategies on these main dimensions of competitions and invites participants working in the areas of electoral behaviour, parties and party competition.

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