Brommesson’s and Ekengren’s chapter is a part of a volume aiming to put the cartel party theory under scrutiny. In this volume, a group of political scientists with different specialisations take on this task, focusing empirically on the Swedish party system, which the originators of the cartel party theory have suggested is especially conducive to the formation of party cartels. Collecting new and unique qualitative and quantitative data, the volume casts serious doubt on the validity of the cartel party theory as an explanation for party system change.
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