CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Khazieva, Daria |
|---|---|
| Title | Political Opposition in a Hostile Environment: Comparative Party Systems of East and Southeast Asia |
| Summary | The thesis deals with comparative party systems of East and Southeast Asia. The region is characterized by party systems with a dominant or predominant party. The thesis seeks to explain how the second-largest parties become viable challengers in such party systems. The research design employs a theoretical framework of critical antecedents which stimulate the critical juncture that results in the emergence of the major opposition party. In order to find out the constellation of factors that facilitate the appearance of a viable challenger, Qualitative Comparative Analysis is employed. In accordance with the existing theory on viable challengers’ emergence, this research checks for the impact of antecedents in the electoral system, government type, economic situation, influence of the international actors, parties’ leadership, policies and institutionalization and overall level of the democratization and liberalization in a given country. The analysis provides evidence that the presence of at least two specific antecedents is required for the viable challenger to appear – the inflexibility of the predominant party over the essential political issue and opposition based on strong leadership. If both, or at least one of these two conditions are present, then a viable challenger is likely to emerge. The other causal conditions are economic performance, duration of a predominant party in power and international aid. |
| Supervisor | Enyedi, Zsolt |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/khazieva_darya.pdf |
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