In the last decades, the cartel party theory has been one of the most discussed topics in the
academic literature on political parties. Several publications have dealt with the application …

The cartel party model has triggered a burgeoning literature on its theoretical implications,
and has been largely tested empirically. Nevertheless, the dimension of the model that …

In this article I discuss the empirical validity of the cartel thesis, and review three analytical
dimensions of the concept: organizational change, functional change and change of party …

The party systems in Eastern European post-communist countries are usually regarded to
be unstable and if at all, showing only slight signs of stabilization and consolidation. The …

It is often suggested that political parties are becoming increasingly alike, and that party
politics has turned into an elite affair where political professionals collude to further their self …

Cartel party literature has generated three lines of research investigating the transformation
of party organizations, the party system, and policy output. The third line of research, which …

Debate on party organizations, long dominated by the classic categories of cadre, mass and
catch-all parties, has been enriched by the recent addition of a new party type: the cartel …

In this chapter, we set out to scrutinise the two core hypotheses of the cartel party theory in
the Swedish case. As stated in previous chapters, the evolution towards cartelisation implies …

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic
governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state …

So far in this book we have concentrated on the matter of empirical support. In this chapter,
our intention is to bring the normative aspects of the cartel party theory into sharper focus, in …