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 …

For more than a century party members have played a central role in many parliamentary
democracies, helping political parties to mobilize voters, and visibly linking party leaders …

Now, more than ever, people drive the democratic process. What people think of their
government and its leaders, how (or whether) they vote, and what they do or say about a …

Parliamentary debate is a fundamental aspect of democratic law-making. While law makers
everywhere seek to express their views in parliament, there are large discrepancies in who …

In this extensively revised new edition of Global Politics, internationally renowned author
Andrew Heywood provides a systematic and integrated analysis of the theory and practice of …

In one of his last publications, Peter Mair documented how party membership had declined
substantially in virtually all European democracies. As his collaborators on this piece, it …

This article suggests theoretical refinements to the multiple streams framework (MSF) that
make it applicable to parliamentary systems and the decision‐making stage of the policy …

Dies ist die sechste, grundlegend überarbeitete, aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage einer
Einführung in klassische und moderne Theorien der Demokratie, die erstmals 1995 …

The rise of the Tea Party redefined both the Republican Party and how we think about
intraparty conflict. What initially appeared to be an anti-Obama protest movement of fiscal …

A large and growing body of research draws attention to the rising salience of socio‐cultural
and identitarian issues and, potentially, the emergence of a new political cleavage that …