caa a22 4500 606152342 CHVBK 20210128100548.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9493-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9493-7 Chaney Paul Wales Institute of Social, Economic Research and Data (WISERD), Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, CF10 3WT, Cardiff, Wales, UK aut Exploring the Pathologies of One-Party-Dominance on Third Sector Public Policy Engagement in Liberal Democracies: Evidence from Meso-Government in the UK [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Chaney] In liberal systems governing-party-turnover and third sector organisations' engagement in public policy-making are seen as key factors maintaining the health of democracy. However, a significant lacuna in current understanding is the effect on engagement when governing-party-turnover is absent. Accordingly, drawing on qualitative interview data, this study examines the effects of one-party-dominance (OPD) in Wales; a regional polity in the UK where the Left-of-centre Labour Party has held uninterrupted government office since a new meso-legislature was created in 1999. The findings reveal OPD introduces a range of pathologies related to party institutionalisation, path-dependency and cognitive locks. These affect third sector organisations' resource dependency and strategic bridging to elected representatives. The resulting democratic ills are self-sustaining and include diminution of NGOs' autonomy, trust and criticality. This study's wider significance lies in underlining the importance of governing-party-turnover- not only to effective third sector public policy engagement, but also the health of contemporary liberal democracies. The Author(s), 2014 Third sector nationallicence Engagement nationallicence Electoral politics nationallicence Public policy nationallicence Governing-party turnover nationallicence VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/4(2015-08-01), 1460-1484 0957-8765 26:4<1460 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9493-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9493-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Chaney Paul Wales Institute of Social, Economic Research and Data (WISERD), Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, CF10 3WT, Cardiff, Wales, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/4(2015-08-01), 1460-1484 0957-8765 26:4<1460 2015 26 11266