CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Doroftei, Toader Adrian |
|---|---|
| Title | A Conditional Pattern of Political Cartelization. The Case of Romania |
| Summary | The purpose of this paper is to explain the reasons behind the apparent cartelization of the Romanian political space. I analyzed the theoretical cartel party debate, in order to identify the arguments for cartelization which are still valid. Based on the conclusions of this debate, I argued that Kitschelt’s predicted imminent defection from an eventual cartel due to a prisoner’s dilemma situation, is only partially countered by Blyth and Katz’s new pattern of cartelization. Given the only partial success of the defense, I developed a ‘conditional pattern of cartelization’. The Romanian case proved to follow the conditional pattern. However, due to the rather imperative conditions to be fulfilled (constrained economical political competition, lack of importance of the cultural dimension for the competition, a high degree of party organizational centralization) I expect that comparatively fewer countries will be predisposed to cartelization. |
| Supervisor | Enyedi, Zsolt |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/doroftei_toader.pdf |
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