This book focuses on the rise of new challenger parties and the magnitude of their impact on
political systems and the existing political order in Southern Europe in the aftermath of the …

The emergence of inclusive populist parties has transformed the electoral field, especially in
Southern Europe. We analyse the distinct types of radical politics that have emerged and the …

The rise of new populist parties in the wake of the Eurozone crisis has raised new theoretical
concerns about the context and significance of their emergence. This chapter compares the …

Since the Nineties the crisis of traditional political families has become particularly intense in
the democracies of Southern Europe, with an increase in electoral volatility, the contraction …

Podemos, SYRIZA and FSM were described by a conservative newspaper in Spain as an
“antisystem trident”, which came “dangerously close to power”. From the one hand, their …

This book questions whether and to what extent a conjunctural phenomenon such as an
economic crisis can bring about lasting political consequences. It focuses on the parties and …

The volume by Catherine De Vries and Sara Hobolt proposes an appealing framework to
understand the process of political change in Western European party systems, through the …

The actual difficulties of the left parties are rooted in both their past history and their recent
experiences. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, the European left appears still to be …

Who are southern Europe's conservatives, and what has been their role in the process of
consolidating democracy in the region? Although of obvious importance, the study of …

The unexpected success of the Five Stars Movement (M5S) in the 2013 Italian legislative
elections and the impressive result of Podemos in the 2014 European elections drew the …