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Party Dominance in 18 Countries: The Role of Party Dominance in the Transmission of Political Ideology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Jingjing Huo
Jingjing Huo
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Abstract

Abstract. Using OLS regression with World Values Survey data across 18 OECD countries, this article makes two major arguments. Firstly, if a dominant party is ideologically congruent with an individual, its dominance enhances the effect of party ideology on individual ideology. If incongruent, greater dominance only inhibits this effect. Secondly, if individuals find the dominant party ideologically congruent, as their political awareness increases, the effect of that party's ideology rises monotonically. If incongruent, the effect of party ideology first rises and then falls back. Therefore, party dominance leads ultimately to increasing ideological polarization between the dominant party's supporters and opponents.

Résumé. Cet article vise à présenter deux arguments importants en appliquant la “ régression OLS ” aux données du “ World Values Survey ” sur 18 pays de l'OCDE. En premier lieu, s'il y a congruence entre l'idéologie d'un parti dominant et celle de l'individu, la dominance du parti renforce l'effet d'idéologie de parti sur l'idéologie de l'individu. S'il n'y a pas congruence d'idéologies, une dominance plus marquée du parti ne fait qu'entraver davantage cet effet. En second lieu, si les individus trouvent l'idéologie du parti dominant conforme à la leur, au fur et à mesure qu'augmente leur conscience politique, l'effet de l'idéologie de ce parti augmente de façon uniforme. Si l'idéologie du parti dominant n'est pas conforme à la leur, l'effet d'idéologie de parti commence par grandir pour ensuite retomber. Ainsi, la prédominance de parti mène finalement à une polarisation idéologique croissante entre les partisans du parti dominant et ses opposants.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 745 - 765
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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