Despite the explosion of populism research, there is a shortage of comprehensive analyses
of the ideational varieties of populist parties and of the different roles they play in …

In 1964, Bob Dylan, the US-American musician, author and visual artist who was awarded
the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, composed a famous song:'The times they are a …

This second edition of Doing Research in Political Science is a thoroughly revised and
updated version of the book that was originally published in 1999. In revising this edition we …

The bulk of current research on the transformation of modern welfare states has focused on
the issue of retrenchment and, in particular, on how cash-strapped governments have …

In writing this book, I have attempted to fill a gap in the voting literature. In teaching an
undergraduate course on voting behaviour, it struck me that there was no single text which I …

Recent electoral success of the Freedom Party in Austria, List Pim Fortuyn in The
Netherlands, the People's Party in Denmark and the National Front in France have …

The rise of parties that challenge the political establishment has recently sparked the interest
of political scientists. Scholars have identified several factors that lie behind the success of …

Steven B. Wolinetz range of countries: the United States and Britain with two-party systems,
and countries such as France or Germany, with multiparty competition. Distinctions between …

This study develops and tests arguments about how political parties' electoral fortunes in
national elections are influenced by voters' preferences regarding the European Union (EU) …

This article is an overview of the types and level of institutionalization of party systems in
seven young democracies in East and Southeast Asia. By applying Alan Siaroff's typology of …