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The Electoral Effectiveness of Party Organization: Norway, 1945–1977 *
Author(s) -
Wellhofer E. Spencer
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1985.tb00319.x
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , norwegian , politics , primary election , single non transferable vote , political machine , political science , political economy , public administration , business , economics , general election , law , democracy , philosophy , linguistics
Latent Variable Partial Least Squares analysis has been used to model the impact of political party organization on stable and changing patterns of party vote in Norway from 1945 to 1977. For the Norwegian Labor Party, the elaboration of a strategy of organizational encapsulation is at least as important as the economic base for maintaining the stability of the party's electoral support; it also depresses support for the opposition parties. Short‐run fluctuations around the long‐run stability, however, are more influence by economic changes than party organizational strategies, with the exception of the divisive 1973 election, when party organization was important for maintaining the party vote. For the non‐Labor parties, party organization is less important than economic variables.