Purpose In the context of the digital age, this study aims to investigate the impact of citizens'
digital participation on the scientific and democratic decision-making processes of the …

Politicians respond to incentives when they decide how to allocate their campaigning time
and effort. The literature suggests electoral rules impact politicians' incentives. We argue that …

Populist parties are often described as highly centralised and personalistic, with low levels
of party institutionalisation. However, there have been few empirical studies to assess the …

In this article we have attempted to improve our understanding of the influence of various
factors, such as the level of organizational resources, age, ideology and values, on the …

Political parties's choices of who leads them can have a major bearing on politics. Recent
research shows that selection procedures exhibit considerable variation, even among …

Research shows that political parties are not equally responsive to the general public
opinion and to their party voters' preferences. This study aims to explore this discrepancy in …

This insightful Advanced Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the
organisation, regulation and structure of political parties today. Richard S. Katz discusses …

The aim of this article is to verify whether a relationship exists between partly laws and party
organizational change. While the prevailing contextualist perspective enhances the weight …

After briefly presenting a classification of collegial and personal parties, this chapter outlines
three useful indices of centralized personalism in parties at the country level. They examine …

The COVID-19 pandemic led to many restrictions on citizens' basic rights to protect public
health. That sparked debates in the German and Dutch parliaments, where parties openly …