TY - JOUR
T1 - Issue salience in regional and national party manifestos in the UK
AU - Maddens, B.
AU - Pogorelis, R.
AU - Swenden, W.
AU - Fabre, E.
N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/11/1
Y1 - 2005/11/1
N2 - The study reveals the salience of particular issues in the manifestos of the main British parties for the 1997 and 2003 UK general elections, as well as the 2003 Scottish and Welsh elections, using the method introduced by the Comparative Manifesto Project (CMP) and a modified list of issue categories to reflect the division of government competences between the central and regional governments. Ideological and social base of a party, as well as the delimitation of government competences, are found to be important determinants of issue salience. A more consensual institutional design of the regional government in Scotland and Wales seems to have conditioned larger differences among the issue profiles of parties competing in regional elections, in comparison with general elections. With the institutionalisation of devolution, however, we observe an increase in the similarity of the issue profiles of the same parties in general and in Scottish and Welsh elections, as well as among different parties competing in the same regional elections.
AB - The study reveals the salience of particular issues in the manifestos of the main British parties for the 1997 and 2003 UK general elections, as well as the 2003 Scottish and Welsh elections, using the method introduced by the Comparative Manifesto Project (CMP) and a modified list of issue categories to reflect the division of government competences between the central and regional governments. Ideological and social base of a party, as well as the delimitation of government competences, are found to be important determinants of issue salience. A more consensual institutional design of the regional government in Scotland and Wales seems to have conditioned larger differences among the issue profiles of parties competing in regional elections, in comparison with general elections. With the institutionalisation of devolution, however, we observe an increase in the similarity of the issue profiles of the same parties in general and in Scottish and Welsh elections, as well as among different parties competing in the same regional elections.
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U2 - 10.1080/01402380500310667
DO - 10.1080/01402380500310667
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29344453622
VL - 28
SP - 992
EP - 1014
JO - West European Politics
JF - West European Politics
SN - 0140-2382
IS - 5
ER -