Papers by Kris Deschouwer
European Journal of Political Research, 1992
Amidst a now extensive literature on the imputed 'decline of party' in Western democrac... more Amidst a now extensive literature on the imputed 'decline of party' in Western democracies, particular emphasis has been placed on the theme of orga-nisational decline, and on the supposed erosion of the organisational links which tie parties to electors. Much of this emphasis, inevitably, ...
... aan het woord? 143 Marc Hooghe & Stefaan Walgrave Hoofdstuk 8 Voorkeurstemmen bij de regi... more ... aan het woord? 143 Marc Hooghe & Stefaan Walgrave Hoofdstuk 8 Voorkeurstemmen bij de regionale verkiezingen van 2009: gebruik en motieven 169 Audrey André, Bram Wauters & Jean-Benoit Pilet 5 Page 7. De stemmen ...
Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 2014
Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 1984
Party Politics, 2015
New-Flemish Alliance (N-VA) burst on the scene barely a decade ago and is now Belgium's largest p... more New-Flemish Alliance (N-VA) burst on the scene barely a decade ago and is now Belgium's largest political party. One explanation for this success is that N-VA is not brand new but rose from the ashes of a dissolved party. How exactly should we differentiate between new and old parties? We use Barnea and Rahat's (2011) analytical framework to assess dimensions of N-VA's newness and capture the party at two stages -start-up and more developed. This shows that N-VA is a successor party, building on its predecessor's ideology and programme, its electorate, activists and organization. However, we also find indicators that the party actively renewed in terms of ideology and party organization. The empirical evidence illustrates that newness of political parties should be conceived of as multidimensional, which allows for a more subtle approach to questions about the origin and varying success of new political parties.
Unpacking Investiture Rules, 2015
Regional and Federal Studies, Mar 25, 2008
FEDERALISM AS THE OUTCOME OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT The way in which financial flows are organized i... more FEDERALISM AS THE OUTCOME OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT The way in which financial flows are organized in the Belgian federation is very much the consequence of the way in which the federation was built. The Belgian federal state structure has not been designed ...
Entre octobre et décembre 2010, nous avons visité 23 universités et hautes écoles de Bruxelles, d... more Entre octobre et décembre 2010, nous avons visité 23 universités et hautes écoles de Bruxelles, de Flandre et de Wallonie afin de faire passer un questionnaire à leurs étudiants de première année inscrits dans une filière en sciences humaines et sociales au sens très large. La toute première question qui leur était posée -oralement -était, tout simplement, de dessiner la Belgique sur la première feuille du questionnaire qui était blanche. Aucune autre consigne n'était donnée.
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Regionalist parties were very successful in Belgium in the 1960s and 1970s. Their impact on the p... more Regionalist parties were very successful in Belgium in the 1960s and 1970s. Their impact on the political system was important, since their regionalist agenda has led to a thorough reform of the state towards a federal logic and to a full split of the party system. Yet, today, the regionalist parties are either gone or struggling for survival and for
Res Publica, Dec 1, 2011
ABSTRACT Political parties normally compete in elections individually. Yet, sometimes they join f... more ABSTRACT Political parties normally compete in elections individually. Yet, sometimes they join forces and form pre-electoral alliances. This rather unusual strategy contains both costs and benefits. In this article we try to identify those costs and benefits by opening up the black box of internal party decision making in considering pre-electoral alliance formation. We start by assuming that parties of different electoral sizes could have different motives to face the voter as one electoral list. Through in-depth interviews at the local level in flanders, we have studied pre-electoral alliance formation for the mu- nicipal elections in 2006. We find that the arguments of large parties mainly focus on becoming the leading formation and thus claiming the initiative in coalition formation. Small parties have more varied motives for forming or failing to form a pre-electoral alliance.
Government coalitions in multi-level settings: institutional determinants and party strategy. DSp... more Government coalitions in multi-level settings: institutional determinants and party strategy. DSpace/Manakin Repository. ...
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Papers by Kris Deschouwer