Dan Ziblatt (2012): Moderation and Radicalization in Cons...

Dan Ziblatt (2012): Moderation and Radicalization in Conservative Parties: "While we may be correct to assert that 'theories of parties' predict establishment candidates win primaries, this is really a theory about the U.S, particularly... the... Republican Party...

...This... looks different in different countries and different time periods, especially with great consequences in ���parties of the right.���... In 19th century Britain, the party leadership nearly always won these kinds of internal battles, giving rise, I would argue to a relatively moderate Tory Party that made its peace with democrac.... In other parties of the ���right,��� insurgents often beat traditional party leaders in these same kinds of battles in late 19th century.�� In��[Imperial] Germany and Weimar... traditional parties of the right were usurped by ���grassroots��� and usually right-wing radicals, making German conservative parties persistent opponents of democracy....��When ���insurgents��� won in parties of the right in Europe���s past, democracy suffered.... While I think you are correct that the establishment candidates will win, it is of course always possible the balance of power in the U.S. Republican Party could change over time���leading, I would argue, to its radicalization...

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