The purifying bridge of Res Publica

Jul 15, 2004
By Rein Taagepera

Four years ago I would have told anyone who cared to listen that Estonia had too many parties. In a study by Grofman, Mikkel and Taagepera (2000), we also noted that no major new player had entered the field since 1995. We characterized the party constellation in the early 1990s as kaleidoscopic but gave figures to show that the party system in Estonia seemed to stabilize. Yet, one year after the publication of this article a new party, Res Publica, was formed and did unbelievably well. A mere 1 ...

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