Party and Democracy questions why political parties today are held in such low estimation in
advanced democracies. The first part of the volume reviews theoretical motivations behind …

How should pro-democratic forces safeguard representative government from anti-
democratic forces? By granting rights of participation to groups that do not share democratic …

Making use of a unique data set that includes more than 1000 leadership elections from
over 100 parties in 14 countries over an almost 50 year period, this volume provides the first …

T he 2006 controversy surrounding the Danish cartoons mocking Islam provides an
illuminating window into the problem of what may be termed democratic intolerance'-that is …

When political'extremists'-organized into parties that compete openly and successfully in
democratic elections-enter the conventional institutional arena, how do mainstream actors …

This article analyses the process of party constitutionalization in post-war Europe. It explores
the temporal patterns of party constitutionalization and reveals their connection with …

Like many other aspects of the behaviour and activities of political parties, the internal
organizational procedures and structures of parties have become increasingly subject to …

This study examines whether the Iron Law of Oligarchy exists in Wikipedia by analyzing how
a key policy of the website regarding verifiability evolved into its current form. The study …

This article suggests guidelines for identifying the ramifications of central elements of
candidate selection methods for various democratic dimensions–participation, competition …

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which
advanced industrial democracies seek to regulate the activities of political parties in …