| ID | 086990 |
| Title Proper | How (not) to operationalise subnational political opportunity structures |
| Other Title Information | Critique of kestila and soderlund's study of regional elections |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Arzheimer, Kai ; Carter, Elisabeth |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Based on an aggregate analysis of the French regional elections of 2004, Kestilä and Söderlund, in their 2007 article, 'Subnational Political Opportunity Structures and the Success of the Radical Right: Evidence from the March 2004 Regional Elections in France', examine the impact of subnational political opportunity structures on the success of the radical right and argue that such an approach can control for a wider range of factors and provide more reliable results than cross-national analyses. The present article disputes this claim on theoretical, conceptual and methodological grounds and demonstrates that their empirical findings are spurious. |
| `In' analytical Note | European Journal of Political Research Vol. 48, No. 3; May 2009: p.335 - 358 |
| Journal Source | European Journal of Political Research Vol. 48, No. 3; May 2009: p.335 - 358 |
| Key Words | French Regional Elections ; Subnational Political Opportunity Structures ; 2004 ; Methodological ; Radical Right ; French |