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Survival and trends of occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy, gender differences, 1967-92: The Reykjavik Study
Mainstream Party Strategizing On Corruption Issues – The Case Of Italy
Research on niche parties have not thoroughly explored dynamics between niche and
mainstream parties. The model for mainstream party strategy provided by Meguid is
complemented by research on the influence of far-right parties on their party systems. What
strategy a mainstream party chooses towards a niche party is likely to be influenced by the type
of niche party. Anti-corruption parties are of particular interest due to their massive electoral
successes in Eastern Europé. Italy is identified as the critical case for Western Europe and the
hypothesis that anti-corruption parties are not successful in long-existing party systems. The
study shows that Italian mainstream parties have politicized corruption to a surprisingly large
extent given the widespread pessimism over their capabilities in fighting corruption, but the
evidence is inconclusive with regard to how exact strategy choices are affected by the level of niche party threat. The cases not in line with the predictions of Meguid’s model are most likely
explained by that dealing with corruption is toxic for a party that is under corruptionallegations