Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now becoming
commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as to how much they hinder a …

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 …

The dramatic decline of democracy in East-Central Europe has attracted great interest world-
wide. Going beyond the narrow spectrum of the extensive literature on this topic, this book …

This book adopts an innovative conceptualization and analytical framework to the study of
anti-system parties, and represents the first monograph ever published on the topic. It …

The study of clientelism has pointed in the direction of a pyramid structure in which selective
benefits are distributed with the help of brokers to individuals or groups in exchange for …

In this article, we extend our understanding of fringe politics to include relational and
thematic elements, namely, the relationship of far-right collective actors with their broader …

As deliberative and participatory practices play a greater role in political decision-making of
democratic political systems in many parts of the world, political parties must adapt to …

While parties in many new democracies frequently split, merge, change labels, and make
and break electoral alliances, comparative systematic research on how these changes are …

There is much research about how migrants engage with politics in their home countries and
about how state institutions facilitate this involvement. Yet, we know little about how …

One of the most visible effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is on voter turnout. Earlier
research concludes that the pandemic depresses turnout by looking at statistical patterns …