Ideological proximity and valence competition : negative campaigning through allegation of corruption in the Italian legislative arena from 1946 to 1994
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2010
Citazione:
Ideological proximity and valence competition : negative campaigning through allegation of corruption in the Italian legislative arena from 1946 to 1994 / L. Curini, P. Martelli. - In: ELECTORAL STUDIES. - ISSN 0261-3794. - 29:4(2010), pp. 636-647. [10.1016/j.electstud.2010.06.004]
Abstract:
We consider the possibility for the parties to invest in negative campaigning – a behavior
that, in our framework, involves blaming alleged insufficiencies of the rival concerning
commonly shared values. Within a simple one-dimensional model, we deduce the
hypothesis that the parties’ incentive to “attack” each other increases with the parties’
proximity on the left–right space. We test our hypothesis on an Italian case, focusing on
the emphasis placed by the Communist Party on political corruption issues during the
government investiture debates that spanned from the postwar period until 1994, when
the traditional party system abruptly collapsed. The statistical results are largely consistent
with our theoretical insights.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Negative campaigning ; Spatial theory of voting ; Italian party system ; Political corruption ; Legislative speeches ; Content analysis
Elenco autori:
L. Curini, P. Martelli
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