Challenger parties are on the rise in Europe, exemplified by the likes of Podemos in Spain,
the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany, or the Brexit Party in Great Britain …

The scope and intensity of the challenges currently faced by western European political
parties is exceptionally large, threatening the viability of the manner in which they have …

Why do some parties live fast and die young, but other endure? And why are some party
systems more stable than others? Based on a blend of data derived from both qualitative …

In Continental Europe a New Debate Has Emerged Over the interpretation of the major
changes that have taken place in political parties during the 1990s. A 'fourth wave'of …

In liberal democracies, the relationship between politics and business, between the political
and economic powers, has been and remains exceptionally close. The state is understood …

This book provides a systematic and comparative account of the rise of 'new challenger
parties' across Western Europe. It analyses how parties that challenge the conventional …

Political Parties and the European Union offers a panoramic survey of the political parties of
contemporary Europe. It covers party politics from Scandinavia to Greece, focusing on how …

The analysis of patterns of relationships between parties and their organizational
environment is key to understanding parties' survival, organizational stability and electoral …

Are political parties still the most important political organizations in politics? Or are they, as
some charge, powerless and intellectually bankrupt? Although political parties have been …

The first part of this article argues that the recent emergence of right‐wing political parties in
Western Europe do not constitute either a return to fascism, a new form of extremism, or …