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| Author: | Spirova, M. |
| Title: | Europarties and party development in EU-candidate states: The case of Bulgaria |
| Journal: | Europe-Asia Studies
2008 : JUL, VOL. 60:5, p. 791-808 |
| Index terms: | political parties Bulgaria European Union |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article explores the direct impact of Europarties on domestic party development, taking the case of Bulgaria being a European Union (EU) candidate country. Proposed is an analytical model explaining the electoral behaviour (here as: e-behr.) of political parties based on traditional propositions in comparative party studies. Looked-at is the international impact as an additional constraint on the e-behr. It is argued that, in certain situations, Europarties have intervened in domestic party politics, playing a role in the decision of parties to choose certain electoral strategies. Thus, it is suggested that viewing party e-behr. only from the domestic politics' perspective would be misleading and would also lead to expect behaviour that might not have been a possible alternative for the parties. |
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