The victory of the radical-left SYRIZA in the September 2015 election confounded
expectations given the failure of the SYRIZA–ANEL government formed in January either to …

When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question
guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core …

The general election that followed the 'earthquake'of 25 February 2011 (Gallagher and
Marsh 2011; Hutcheson 2011; Little 2011) was always going to be an important staging post …

Ukraine's 2014 parliamentary election, which took place in the aftermath of the Maidan
revolution of February 2014 and at the height of war in the East of the country, appeared to …

This article addresses an important but understudied aspect of the recent Great Recession
in Europe: the institutional strategies political elites deployed to learn from past policy …

This chapter focuses on the attributes and development of the Irish party system, describing
its structure and where it sits in comparative perspective. As well as examining party size …

The modification of the formal rules regulating the functioning of democracy has become an
increasingly important field of research in political science, all the more so in a context of …

This chapter reviews and discusses the relevant literature on the permanent campaign and
describes the theoretical framework and the methodological approach used. Based on …

The September 2011 Danish parliamentary election led to a change of government as the
centre-right coalition of the previous ten years was replaced by a centre-left one headed by …

There is an almost Europewide trend that party funding regime change-or proposed regime
change-manifests itself in a move from private to public subsidisation. There are a number of …