The Netherlands 1946–1981.

Dittrich, Karl; Budge, Ian; Robertson, David; Hearl, Derek

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“…Various scholars argued that, until quite recently, the left-right dimension has structured party politics to a large extent in the Netherlands (e.g. Dittrich, 1987;Andeweg and Irwin, 1993;Pennings and Kernan, 1994). We would therefore expect parties' policy positions to coincide largely with the left-right dimension.…”

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“…Second, confusion exists among students of party behavior about the meaning of 'left-right'. Dittrich's (1987) analyses indicate that three dimensions of conflict structure political differences between Dutch parties, and argues that these all 'relate to some kind of left-right division ' (p. 228). Pennings and Kernan (1994) also argue that the behavior of Dutch parties is predominantly structured by a (left-right) dimension, but in contrast to Dittrich (rightly) treat it as un i-dimensional.…”

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Voters' Perceptions and Party Dynamics

Brug¹

1999

Party Politics

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Various authors have argued that the behavior of voters as well as parties in most West European countries is structured mainly by an ideological 'left-right' dimension. However, it remains unclear how the dimension labeled 'left-right' by those studying party behavior relates to voters' perceptions of this dimension of conflict. This study assesses the extent to which Dutch voters' perceptions of parties' left-right positions reflect policy positions of parties determined by the contents of election programs. The research design is dynamic, allowing one to observe changes in party positions, as well as dynamic changes in the structure of a party system. The analyses show that the contents of party programs are strongly linked to voters' perceptions of parties' left-right positions, but that the strength of this linkage has decreased gradually since the late 1970s. Repercussions for political representation are discussed.KEY WORDS _ electoral programmes _ left-right ideology _ Netherlands _ party system change _ voter perception

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Voters' Perceptions and Party Dynamics

Brug¹

1999

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How ‘Real’ Are Time and Space in Politically Motivated Worldviews?

Kaal¹

2015

Critical Discourse Studies

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Given that we all live in the same world, how is it that we can have such very different worldviews? Answers to this question may be found in worldview constructions and their cognitive affordances in text and discourse. This paper discusses why and how worldviews can unfold from a schematic rationale that is grounded in 'the primacy of spatial cognition' in perception, thought patterns and their presentations in language. Although worldview frames are selective, and therefore subjective coordinate systems, the spatial organising principle provides a tangible ground for abstract worldview ontologies. Rhetorically, this real-world/social-world analogy gives worldview constructions an objective epistemic quality that can prime commitment and activate intentions and actions. To operationalise this discourse-space theory, a model is proposed to investigate variation in spatial and temporal frames in political texts, involving their scope of attention and point of view. Examples are taken from an election manifesto analysis for Dutch party positioning. The critical question concerns the rhetorical (evidential) nature of time-and space frames of reference in discursive constructions: How 'real' are text and discourse worlds and how does this relate to variation in discourse-world constructions and (political) stance?

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Parties, Voters and Policy Priorities in the Netherlands, 1971-2002

Pennings

2005

Party Politics

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To what extent are the priorities of voters reflected by the policy pledges of parties? And how decisive are party pledges for the policy-making of governments? The chain of delegation assumes direct linkages between voters, parties and governments, of which the voters are the principal actor. When this assumption is tested for The Netherlands, it turns out that parties are not very responsive to voter priorities and that the policy distances between parliamentary parties and governments are relatively small. This pattern makes sense in a consensus democracy in which parties have to compromise and cannot afford simply to reflect what voters perceive as important. It also suggests that the mandate theory is more directly applicable to majoritarian democracies, where the winner takes all and therefore has more scope to translate voter priorities into policy-making.

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