dc.contributor.author | DENNISON, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-21T15:19:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-21T15:19:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Parliamentary affairs, 2020, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 125-141 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1460-2482 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-2290 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69644 | |
dc.description | First published online: 23 September 2020 | en |
dc.description.abstract | This contribution considers how niche parties react when they lose their niche, using the cases of three parties in the turbulent period prior to the 2019 UK general election: the Brexit Party, the Green Party and Change UK. I overview the background of these parties before showing that each lost its respective policy niches to larger, more established parties. I show that each responded with some combination of directly competing with the mainstream party; electorally cooperating with them or other parties; or diversifying into something distinct from their mainstream analogue. I explain how each party’s approach partially explains their 2019 general election result, as well as European Parliament elections result, using British Election Study data. I suggest that this ‘compete, cooperate or diversify’ approach provides a theoretical framework for understanding how niche parties are likely to react to losing their niche elsewhere. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Parliamentary affairs | en |
dc.title | How niche parties react to losing their niche : the cases of the Brexit Party, the Green Party and Change UK | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/pa/gsaa026 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 73 | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 125 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 141 | en |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en |