ÎNTRE ZESTREA GUVERNAMENTALĂ ŞI VOLATILITATEA ELECTORALĂ: DINAMICA SISTEMULUI DE PARTIDE DIN ROMÂNIA, 1919 – 1933

Abstract

A key concept in the analysis of the institutionalization of the party systems within the Western democracies, the electoral volatitly is the main indicator around which we will build the analysis of the parties’ system in Romania, between 1919 and 1933. This indicator measures the instability of the intention of vot, and is the criteria by which a parties system is considered stable or instable, respectively. During the years between the two World Wars, authors like Marcel Ivan or Matei Dogan, present the concept with another name, that of „government dowry”. In order to highlight the value of the concept suggested by the Romanian authors in the inter-war period, we will follow, from a comparative perspective, a many sided issue with lots of connections, such as the electoral reforms, the difference between the elective party system and the parliamentary party system. All these characteristics determine a higher or lower degree of electoral volatility.

Keywords

• electoral volatility
• party system
• political parties
• pedersen index