An Ever Closer Union? the Nationalisation of Political Parties in Switzerland, 1991-2015

Daniel Bochsler; Sean Mueller; Julian Bernauer

doi:10.1111/spsr.12205

An Ever Closer Union? the Nationalisation of Political Parties in Switzerland, 1991-2015

Daniel Bochsler^*, Sean Mueller, Julian Bernauer

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The contribution of this research note is a systematic description of levels of party nationalisation in Switzerland, using results from the elections to the Swiss National Council between 1991 and 2015. Party nationalisation is understood as the territorial homogeneity of a party's electoral performance and measured using the inverted and standardised Gini index. Our results indicate a trend towards more nationalisation in the Swiss party system over the time period covered, and distinct patterns for single parties. The SVP and the GLP have made big leaps towards stronger nationalisation, with the former closing in on the levels of the SP and the FDP, while the CVP remains a weakly nationalised party, considering its size.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-40
Number of pages	12
Journal	Swiss Political Science Review
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12205
State	Published - 1 Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

National Council
Switzerland
elections
party nationalisation
political parties

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