catch-allism

English

Etymology

From catch-all +‎ -ism.

Noun

catch-allism (uncountable)

1. (politics) A position that lacks strong commitments or ideology.
   • 1994, David Hanley, Christian Democracy in Europe, →ISBN, page 39:

     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.

   • 2004, Peter Mair, Wolfgang C Müller, Fritz Plasser, Political Parties and Electoral Change, →ISBN, page 272:

     Not 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.

   • 2012, Klaus Detterbeck, Multi-Level Party Politics in Western Europe, →ISBN, page 43:

     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.