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1--
Institutionalization
Variables
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1.01
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Year of Origin
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1.04
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Leadership
Competition
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1.02
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Name Changes
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1.05
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Legislative
Instability
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1.03
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Organizational
Discontinuity
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1.06
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Electoral
Instability
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1.01 year of origin
and 1.02 name changes- 1929, AC9
- 0, AC8
- Party founded in 1929 as
a merger of the conservative and liberal parties. There
have been no name changes.
- 1.03 organizational
discontinuity
- 4, AC8
- One minor
split--Republican Party split from Independence in
1953.
- 1.04 leadership
competition
- 11, AC6
- Olafur Thors was premier
and leader of the party from 1940 to 1959, when he was
succeeded by Bjarni Benediktsson. Leadership is decided
by small executive board.
- 1.05 legislative
instability
- Instability is .04,
AC9
- The Independence Party
exhibits marked legislative stability with their
proportion of seats ranging only between 37 and 40
percent of the seats.
- 1.06electoral
instability
- Instability is .04,
AC9
- Legislative elections
were held in 1953, 1956, and two in 1959. The
Independence Partyís proportion of the votes won
was very stable, ranging between 37 percent in 1953 to 42
percent in 1956 and 1959. (in the table of electoral
data, the second election in 1959 is reported on the line
for 1960.)
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