What accounts for variation in the electoral success of niche parties? Although institutional
and sociological explanations of single-issue party strength have been dominant, they tend …

Do niche parties occupying left‐right policy positions that diverge sharply from the centre of
the voter distribution gain more popular support than those moderately positioned along the …

Do “niche” parties—such as Communist, Green, and extreme nationalist parties—adjust
their policies in response to shifts in public opinion? Would such policy responsiveness …

抄録< jats: p> Why do some political parties flourish, while others flounder? In this book,
Meguid examines variation in the electoral trajectories of the new set of single-issue parties …

Scholars' attention to the concept of niche parties has greatly increased. While researchers
agree that niche parties matter in a variety of ways, the definitions and measurements of …

Parties can choose to concentrate on topics which other parties cover relatively little. In such
cases, they have a programmatic niche profile compared with their mainstream rivals. We …

The concept of the niche party has become increasingly popular in analyses of party
competition. Yet, existing approaches vary in their definitions and their measurement …

This chapter analyses whether citizens respond to shifts in the Left–Right ideologies of party
elites in Western Europe. The mass–elite linkages emphasised by the responsible party …

Recent research on the European Parliament (EP) has neglected the idiosyncrasies of niche
parties. Similarly, analyses of niche parties have not fully engaged the literature on the EP …

The individual and systemic determinants of radical right voting in Europe have been
thoroughly analyzed in past research. Surprisingly, these studies have largely ignored the …