With the weakening of the structural determinants of politics in Western democracies, it is
commonly assumed that individual politicians and politicians as individuals have come to …

The individual characteristics of leaders and voters have assumed great importance in
modern political discourse. Pervasive media influence points to leaders' personality as an …

Using an innovative framework for the study of voting behavior in parliamentary
democracies, this book sheds new light on the ongoing personalization of politics. The …

In analyzing the democratic political process, political leader ship is important. One element
of leadership is the role politicians play in shaping public perceptions of politics. A particular …

What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have
in common? They are prime examples of the personalization of politics and the decline of …

One of the key shifts in contemporary politics is the trend towards greater personalization.
Collective actors such as political parties are losing relevance. Citizens are slowly …

For more than two decades, scholars have been debating the so-called personalization of
politics. Some studies confirm such an evolution, while others demonstrate that evidence of …

Observers have expressed concerns that democratic politics is growing more personalistic.
The absence of cross-national time-series data capturing personalism in democracies …

The article provides an assessment of the most recent literature on political leadership by
focusing on its effects on voters' cognition and behavior, in the light of the ongoing …

This article describes two opposing types of political personalization: centralizing and
decentralizing personalization. The first implies the centralization of political power in the …