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 …

Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians, political parties, and political
institutions. Where once democracies expected an allegiant public, citizens now question …

In this article, I attempt to clarify the relationships among three contemporary concepts that
are often used interchangeably or conflated in the literature: anti-establishment politics …

Populism has become a favourite catchword for mass media and politicians faced with the
challenge of protest parties or movements. It has often been equated with radical right …

The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several waves of democratization in
Europe, the Americas, and in other regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although …

Are young people today politically'apathetic'? Or are they democratically'mature'citizens?
This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people's …

This special issue offers an up-to-date overview of the democratization of candidate
selection, while giving attention to causes and cases from both past and present. The focus …

Anatomy of a Liberal Victory: Making Sense of the Vote in the 2000 Canadian Election
provides a compressive account of the factors that led Canadians to vote the way they did in …

Recent electoral success of the Freedom Party in Austria, List Pim Fortuyn in The
Netherlands, the People's Party in Denmark and the National Front in France have …

The debate on citizen images of political parties is long standing, but recently it has taken on
added importance as the evidence of party dealignment has spread across Western …