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Cleavage Theory

Cleavage Theory is a sociopolitical framework that identifies and analyzes deep-seated, enduring divisions within a society—such as those based on class, religion, ethnicity, or region—as the foundational sources of political party formation, alignment, and electoral behavior in democratic systems.

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11.9K

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146

Authors

83

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2017–2026

25

Variants

Lipset-rokkan Theory

Parents

Publications

112

Cleavage theory meets Europe’s crises: Lipset, Rokkan, and the transnational cleavage

Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks · Journal of European Public Policy · 2017 · 1.4K citations

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Consociational Democracy

Arend Lijphart · World Politics · 1969 · 1.2K citations

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Electoral Institutions, Cleavage Structures, and the Number of Parties

Octávio Amorim Neto, Gary W. Cox · American Journal of Political Science · 1997 · 654 citations

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Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages<sup>1</sup>

James A. Piazza · Terrorism and Political Violence · 2006 · 549 citations

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The Analysis of Political Cleavages.

Richard P. Devine, Douglas W. Rae, Michael H. Taylor · American Sociological Review · 1971 · 481 citations

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Authors

146

  1. SW
    Stephen Whitefield

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 488 citations

    3

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  2. GM
    Gary Marks

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 1.8K citations

    3

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  3. HK
    Hanspeter Kriesi

    European University Institute, Italy

    3 publications · 734 citations

    3

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  4. LK
    Li Kathrin Rupieper

    Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

    2 publications · 48 citations

    2

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  5. DW
    Douglas W. Rae

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 548 citations

    2

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Institutions

83

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    549 citations

  2. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    3 publications

    186 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    529 citations

  5. European University Institute

    Florence, Italy

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    194 citations

  7. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    109 citations

  8. Leibniz University Hannover

    Hanover, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. West European Politics

    WEP · 5 publications · 467 citations

    6

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  2. Party Politics

    6 publications · 266 citations

    6

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  3. British Journal of Political Science

    5 publications · 987 citations

    5

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  4. Scandinavian Political Studies

    4 publications · 202 citations

    4

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  5. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 4 publications · 361 citations

    4

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