What are the conditions conducive to long-term transplantation of mafia groups in new
territories? This article systematically reviews a number of factors that facilitate such an …

The main area of sustained populist growth in recent decades has been Western Europe,
where populist parties have not only endured longer than expected, but have increasingly …

Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively
little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars …

The Future of Representative Democracy poses important questions about representation,
representative democracy and their future. Inspired by the last major investigation of the …

How do state parties react to the challenge of peripheral parties demanding political power
to be devolved to their culturally distinct territories? Is devolution the best response to these …

Abstract 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people'. This famous phrase,
pronounced by President Abraham Lincoln in his 1863 Gettysburg Address, could easily be …

For regionalist populists like the Lega Nord, participation in coalition at national level
requires striking a delicate balance between being a party of government and a movement …

This book examines negotiations on migration in the Mediterranean. It argues that migration
is a bargaining chip which countries in the South use to increase their leverage versus their …

Der 3. Oktober 1999 markierte in der Entwicklung des österreichischen Parteiensystems
einen Wendepunkt. Am Abend des Tages der österreichischen Nationalratswahl stand fest …

This paper analyzes critically the appeal the unpolitical is enjoying among contemporary
political philosophers who are democracy's friends. Unlike a radical critique of democracy …