Author's Keywords: Keywords: regions, Western Europe, political parties, Spain, Catalonia, decentralization, multilevel governance, federalism	Convention All Academic Convention is the premier solution for your association's abstract management solutions needs. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Roller, Elisa. and Houten, Pieter. "National Parties and Regional Party Systems in Europe: A Framework and an Application to the PSC-PSOE in Catalonia" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65297_index.html>

Roller, E. and Houten, P. v. , 2002-08-28 "National Parties and Regional Party Systems in Europe: A Framework and an Application to the PSC-PSOE in Catalonia" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65297_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The behavior of state-wide political parties in subnational political systems is a largely ignored topic in the party literature, despite the widespread trend towards decentralization in Western Europe. This paper formulates and illustrates a framework to study this phenomenon. It identifies strategic dilemmas faced by national parties, and the organizational and policy choices these parties have to make. Then, it formulates hypotheses about a number of factors influencing these choices: party history, regional characteristics, dual identities, constitutional structure, country size, position in the national party system, strategies of other parties, and leadership. The second part of the paper illustrates this framework through a case study of the Socialist party in Catalonia (PSC-PSOE). This party has clearly been confronted with the identified dilemmas, and its strategic choices and successes have varied over time. Influential factors in these choices have been the ongoing decentralization of the Spanish state, and regional party leadership. Check author's web site for an updated version of the paper.

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