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Party system types and party system institutionalization : Comparing new democracies in East and Southeast Asia

Aurel Croissant and Philip Völkel Party Politics 2012 18: 235 originally published online 21 December 2010 DOI: 10.1177/1354068810380096 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ppq.sagepub.com/content/18/2/235

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Party system types and party system institutionalization: Comparing new democracies in East and Southeast Asia

¨ Aurel Croissant and Philip Volkel

Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany

Party Politics 18(2) 235–265 ª The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1354068810380096 ppq.sagepub.com

Abstract This article is an overview of the types and level of institutionalization of party systems in seven young democracies in East and Southeast Asia. By applying Alan Siaroff’s typology of party systems, the analysis demonstrates that the party systems in Asia do not converge on a single format. The party systems under consideration also differ in the level of institutionalization. Party systems in Thailand, the Philippines and especially South Korea are stuck in an inchoate state. Even though there is considerable variation among the cases,...