… a more volatile electorate, mainstream parties are losing their grip on … challenger parties
are so successful and what mainstream parties can do to confront these political entrepreneurs. …

… , we can see that the ‘traditional’ party families still dominate West European party politics. …
to the agility of the political entrepreneurs, who can challenge dominant parties by adapting to …

… the rise of challenger parties in European politics, positioning them as political entrepreneurs
that use innovative strategies to undermine the dominance of established political parties, …

… We define challenger parties as parties that have not previously held political office. … The
second stage of our analysis explores whether issue entrepreneurship in fact increases parties’ …

… New Challenger Parties in Western Europe … of the rise of ‘new challenger parties’ across
Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional party system by …

… is that challenger parties act as political entrepreneurs. The market power of dominant parties
is constantly under attack from challenger parties … about the rise of challenger parties in the …

… party competition in Europe. While a number of studies have addressed the surge of these
‘challenger parties’ across Europe, … its notion that the rise of political newcomers presents just …

… rise of challenger parties is likely to be a temporary blip due to the crisis or a more permanent
feature of West European politics. … corresponding increase in support for challenger parties …

… political parties. Finally, we consider what the rise of challenger parties may mean for democracy
in Europe. … parties employed many of the political entrepreneurial strategies that we see …

… We study the extent of EU issue entrepreneurship in 14 West European countries between
… we want to control for the effect of increases in Euroskepticism over time in certain countries. …