PARTY SYSTEM OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: IN SEARCH FOR THE APPROPRIATE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, party system, multi-level party system, national party system, party competitionAbstract
In this paper, the author analyses the party system of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main obstacle in the analysis is the issue of the appropriate theoretical framework. Generally, Sartori’s framework is considered the most relevant one; however, the author believes that it cannot be appropriately used in the ethnically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina. Starting with basic propositions of party system and spatial competition, author comes to the assumption that party system of Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be analysed statewide. Instead of Sartori’s framework, the author imposes theoretical framework for multi-level party system. Such theoretical framework provides analytical tools for deeper analysis of party system and its character. Within it, author compares statewide with substate elections using indicators such as effective number of parties, power of relevant parties on different levels and congruence of government coalitions. Based on them, the author analyses the degree of party system integration which provides findings about its character.
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