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1950-56
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2
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TENDENCIES TO FACTIONALISM DO
APPEAR, BASICALLY BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
AND THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. THE CODING OF THIS
VARIABLE IS LINKED WITH THAT OF VARIABLE 10.02
(IDEOLOGICAL FACTIONALISM). THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
PARLIAMENTARY PARTY HAS BEEN WILLING TO
DE-EMPHASIZE A BASIC TENET OF RADICAL PHILOSOPHY
(OPPOSITION TO MILITARY EXPENDITURES) IN ORDER TO
PLAY THE ROLE OF "THE PARTY IN THE CENTER" BY
JOINING IN A COALITION WITH THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS.
THE NATIONAL EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS DID NOT
FAVOR, BUT EVENTUALLY APPROVED, THIS COURSE OF
ACTION DURING THE 1957-1962 TIME PERIOD. SOME
MEMBERS ESPECIALLY OBJECTED TO THE PARTY'S SUPPORT
OF NATO AND A SPLIT WAS THREATENED IN 1960 (THOMAS:
1973, 25)
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