Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now becoming
commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as to how much they hinder a …

This book explores the ways in which political parties, in contemporary parliamentary
democracies, choose their leaders and then subsequently hold them accountable. The …

Using a case study approach of a pioneering social enterprise in India, this study identifies
primary characteristics of a digitally anchored sharing economy model at the base of the …

Two decades have passed since the transition to democracy began in Eastern Europe.
Today, West and East-Central European countries share a common political space-the …

Why has the extreme right Greek Golden Dawn, a party with clear links to fascism,
experienced a rise defying all theories that claim that such a party is unlikely to win in post …

Against their traditional ideologies, some center-right parties in Western Europe have shifted
from defending familistic institutions to enacting defamilialization policies. The literature has …

Most research on policy congruence has failed to provide an explanation for it. Party
characteristics are acknowledged to be relevant, but the literature has not achieved a …

Este artículo explora la relación entre la religiosidad y las preferencias electorales en
España y Portugal. Estudiamos si la religión (medida como asistencia a oficios religiosos y …

International organisations' importance in education policy has been growing in recent
years. They have been able to promote their role by providing data and interpreting it …

The main objective of this article is to analyse the campaigns and results of the three 2009
Portuguese elections: European, legislative and local. The 2009 election cycle also …