Populism is a concept that is currently in vogue among political commentators and, more
often than not, used pejoratively. The phenomenon of populism is typically seen as …

A large body of literature has investigated the factors that lead to abstention on the one hand
or vote volatility on the other hand. We argue in this paper that the most fruitful approach is to …

The intergenerational transmission of political orientations has been the topic of
considerable research over the past few decades, but much of the evidence remains limited …

This book examines whether parties' ability to channel voter interests into political
institutions has in fact declined in the wake of decline of party membership figures and the …

Cleavages have been central in understanding the relationship between political parties
and voters but the credibility of cleavage approach has been increasingly debated. This is …

In this article we provide a theoretical and empirical evaluation of the evolution of partisan
alignments in Latin America since the beginning of the Third Wave of democratization. We …

Representative democracy is party democracy. Parties vote together in the legislative arena;
party labels act as information shortcuts in the electoral arena, tying together co-partisan …

BUNDESTAG GRUNDGESETZ POLITISCHES SYSTEM EUROPÄISCHE UNION WAHLEN
VERFASSUNG INTERNATIONALE BEZIEHUNGENPOLITISCHE THEO RIE PARTEIEN …

The formation of partisan identities has been widely studied in advanced democracies, but
little is known about the origin and development of partisanship in recent democracies. This …

This article examines whether voters' use of the internet as a source of political news affects
the extent to which they are certain of their vote choice in national-level elections. It employs …