Cleavage theory meets Europe's crises: Lipset, Rokkan, and the transnational cleavage. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hooghe, Liesbet; Marks, Gary
• Is Part Of: Journal of European public policy. Volume 25:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 109
• Page End: 135
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Political parties -- cleavage -- European integration -- euro crisis -- elections -- immigration; European Union countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Political planning -- European Union countries -- Periodicals; Politique publique -- Pays de l'Union européenne -- Périodiques; Pays de l'Union européenne -- Politique et gouvernement -- Périodiques; 361.61094
• DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2017.1310279
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-1763

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article argues that the perforation of national states by immigration, integration and trade may signify a critical juncture in the political development of Europe no less consequential for political parties and party systems than the previous junctures that Lipset and Rokkan detect in their classic article. We present evidence suggesting that (1) party systems are determined in episodic breaks from the past; (2) political parties are programmatically inflexible; and, (3) as a consequence, party system change comes in the form of rising parties.