Despite its centrality in European politics, Christian democracy came to be the object of
systematic research only recently. We review the research that has emerged since the mid …

" The origins of this project can be traced back to 2011 when the editors of this volume were
working together at the University of Sussex. During this time Cristóbal was working on a …

To many, the transformation of West European party systems since the 1970s and 1980s
was seen as evidence that the era of cleavage-based politics was over. The rise of identity …

One of the most significant events in European politics during the past two decades is the
emergence of radical right-wing parties, mobilizing against immigration and multiethnic …

This article analyzes the central arguments and findings of “transitional justice,” the study of
how incoming rulers address the human rights abuses of outgoing regimes. A scholarly …

Christian Democratic actors and thinkers have been at the forefront of many of the twentieth
century's key political battles-from the construction of the international human rights regime …

The explanatory model behind Esping-Andersen's 'three-regime'typology points to the
variance in 'political coalition building in the transition from a rural economy to a middle …

The traditional cleavages like social class or religion are often reported to have lost
explanatory power for the voting decision. Regarding the religious cleavage, the evidence is …

Die im Frühjahr 2013 gegründete Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) durchlebte dabei im Jahr
2015 stürmische Zeiten. Der ursprünglich medial präsenteste der drei Gründer, Bernd …

In Deutschland tritt nicht nur eine Sozialstaatspartei für umfängliche öffentliche
Daseinsvorsorge ein. Vielmehr werben dort gleich zwei große Sozialstaatsparteien um …