Meanings
- uncountablegovernmentA position that lacks strong commitments or ideology.
I have argued above that with catch-allism and the restriction of policy scopes many of these aspects have become more vulnerable in most European parties.
2012, Klaus Detterbeck, Multi-Level Party Politics in Western Europe, →ISBN, page 432 more examples
This tendency may enhance an electoral strategy of parties which is often called catch-allism: parties seek to accomplish a wide electoral appeal aimed at vote maximization.
1994, David Hanley, Christian Democracy in Europe, →ISBN, page 39Not all of these are wholly independent of the parties, of course, in that at least some of the ostensibly external shocks that have impacted on parties in recent years have their origin in the initial shift towards catch-allism.
2004, Peter Mair, Wolfgang C Müller, Fritz Plasser, Political Parties and Electoral Change, →ISBN, page 272
Origin
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