COOPERATIVENESS IN A MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM: A MEASURE AND AN APPLICATION

In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 181-197

Abstract

THIS PAPER PROPOSES A METHOD TO MEASURE VOTING DEALING WITH MULTI-PARTY SYSTEMS. USING SIMPLE VECTOR ALGEBRA, THE METHOD EMPLOYS DATA WHICH CONSISTS OF 450 DIVISIONS OF FINNISH PARLIAMENT FROM 1964 TO 1966. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS BY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FINNISH POLITICAL SYSTEM AND THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL DYNAMICS.