Using the UK Independence Party (UKIP), we examine the effects of sudden electoral success on an Anti-Political Establishment (APE) party. The pressures of aspiring to government necessitate organisational structures resembling those of mainstream parties, while this aspiration challenges APE parties because they differ not just in terms of their policy profiles, but also in their more 'unorthodox' organisational make-up, inextricably linked to their electoral appeal. Robert Kilroy-Silk wanted to emphasise office-seeking goals while most members wanted the party to remain true to its APE status and not sacrifice its populist nature. This inevitably resulted in internal party conflict.

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Thomas Lundberg critically examines the claim that party list-elected members of Britains devolved assemblies are somehow Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain. Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain-Google Books Result Mixed-member proportional representation-Wikipedia Systems of proportional representation have been adopted in many countries,. and the function of the electoral system is to achieve a consensus rather than a census of opinion. proportional representation systems use multimember constituencies. In Britain proportional representation was adopted for elections to the Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain Buy the Proportional Representation And The Constituency Role In Britain online from Takealot. Many ways to pay. Free Delivery Available. Non-Returnable. download Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in members of assemblies below the level of central government who are elected in single-member constituencies or in larger multimember electoral regions. Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain. Mixed-member proportional MMP representation is a mixed electoral system in which voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party. Seats in the legislature are filled firstly by the successful constituency. though the UK Parliament does not use MMP, two constituent countries use Download Citation on ResearchGate Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain Lundberg critically examines the claim that party.

The British Conservative Party and the Spanish Partido Popular have been hostile, at least at times, to devolving greater power to regions. Although both parties might be expected to support decentralisation on economically liberal grounds, in fact both have found it extremely difficult to reconcile their centre-right economic instincts with a deeply ingrained commitment to the integrity of the state. This article explores the tension in conservative and liberal ideology between supporting sub-state political responsibility through decentralisation and supporting strong central government able to take long-term (and potentially unpopular) decisions in times of economic crisis. We examine these two parties in light of Toubeau and Wagner's (2015) framework, finding that market liberalism can be interpreted differently when it comes to decentralisation: both the Partido Popular and the Conservative Party have both at different times used economic justifications for a strong central state. The Partido Popular continues to hold a conservative view of decentralisation and the Conservatives have only recently started to link their market liberalism to a justification for decentralisation. Thus, whilst it is possible to construct a liberal economic case for devolving power away from the central state, one does not necessarily follow the other.

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