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100			_aCassel, Carol A.
245			_aTesting the converse party support model in Britain
260			_c1999
300			_ap.626-44
362			_aAug
520			_aThis article supports the Converse party support model in Britain and more generally the Converse theory, which has implications for electoral stability, is that public support for political parties comes from individuals whose partisanship strengthens as they gain experience in voting for a party. Abramson recently concluded the theory does not apply in Britain because generational change and historical (period) effects account for partisan intensities. He argued that even if period effects concealed life cycle gains, the theory would not apply because historical events in Britain - and in the United States - are too modest. From British panel data, this article reports the strongest evidence to date supporting life cycle gains in partisanship. Cohort equations show generational change in addition, as a secondary explanation. Cohort equations also disclose which historical events caused dealignment. Dealignment periods in both Britain and the United States are limited, and the events that produced them are rare. - Reproduced
650			_aPolitical parties - Great Britain
650			_aPolitical parties
773			_aComparative Political Studies
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