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The Special Law of Curvilinear Disparity or May's Law is a theory conceived in 1973 by political scientist in his publication Opinion Structure of Political Parties. The theory posits that the rank and file members of a political party tend to be more ideologically extreme than both the leadership of that party and its voters. May contends that politically active people can be classified into three major strata or echelons according to their relative status within a party; party elite, middle-elite, and non-elite. Members of each divergent strata have contrasting motivations for being politically active and calibrate their ideological stances to differing extents as a result.

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  • The Special Law of Curvilinear Disparity or May's Law is a theory conceived in 1973 by political scientist in his publication Opinion Structure of Political Parties. The theory posits that the rank and file members of a political party tend to be more ideologically extreme than both the leadership of that party and its voters. May contends that politically active people can be classified into three major strata or echelons according to their relative status within a party; party elite, middle-elite, and non-elite. Members of each divergent strata have contrasting motivations for being politically active and calibrate their ideological stances to differing extents as a result. (en)
  • Mays lag ("May's law") är en teori inom statsvetenskap som har fått skiftande stöd i forskningen. Den är uppkallad efter statsvetaren . Enligt May tenderar aktiva partimedlemmar i politiska partier att vara mer ideologiskt extrema än partiets väljare. Det kallas "Mays lag". Denna medför ett dilemma för partierna att antingen: * Maximera partiets interndemokrati och riskera att försämra dess representativitet i den stora representativa demokratin. * Prioritera att representera väljarna och riskera att försämra partiets interna demokrati. För att maximera partiets stöd eftersträvar partiets företrädare att istället tillfredsställa väljarna på bekostnad av partiaktiva med mer extrema åsikter. (sv)
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  • The Special Law of Curvilinear Disparity or May's Law is a theory conceived in 1973 by political scientist in his publication Opinion Structure of Political Parties. The theory posits that the rank and file members of a political party tend to be more ideologically extreme than both the leadership of that party and its voters. May contends that politically active people can be classified into three major strata or echelons according to their relative status within a party; party elite, middle-elite, and non-elite. Members of each divergent strata have contrasting motivations for being politically active and calibrate their ideological stances to differing extents as a result. (en)
  • Mays lag ("May's law") är en teori inom statsvetenskap som har fått skiftande stöd i forskningen. Den är uppkallad efter statsvetaren . Enligt May tenderar aktiva partimedlemmar i politiska partier att vara mer ideologiskt extrema än partiets väljare. Det kallas "Mays lag". Denna medför ett dilemma för partierna att antingen: * Maximera partiets interndemokrati och riskera att försämra dess representativitet i den stora representativa demokratin. * Prioritera att representera väljarna och riskera att försämra partiets interna demokrati. (sv)
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  • Curvilinear disparity (en)
  • Mays lag (sv)
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