TY - DATA T1 - Do leadership-dominated parties change more? PY - 2017/11/30 AU - Gijs Schumacher AU - Nathalie Giger UR - https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Do_leadership-dominated_parties_change_more_/5649271 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.5649271.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9850531 KW - fluid party platforms KW - leadership domination KW - office-seeking party elite KW - Several case studies KW - party platform change KW - leadership-dominated parties change N2 - It is often assumed that political parties have more fluid party platforms than in the past because internal veto players – like party activists – have lost the power to restrain the office-seeking party elite. Several case studies subscribe to this view. However, there is no systematic assessment of this relationship. Using new data this research note investigates this relationship and finds a clear positive effect of leadership domination on party platform change. With leadership domination increasing over time, our model predicts increasing fluidity in party platforms. This note provides a motivational and a numerical argument in favor of this hypothesis, considers alternative hypotheses and provides empirical evidence for the claim using two different datasets. ER -