▪ Abstract We review arguments and empirical evidence in the comparative literature that
bear on the differences in the survival rates of parliamentary and presidential democracies …

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic
governance. Both the organization of parties, and their relationships with citizens, the state …

Is the party over? Parties are the central institutions of representative democracy, but critics
increasingly claim that parties are failing to perform their democratic functions. This book …

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Many countries have experimented with different electoral rules in order either to increase
involvement in the political system or make it easier to form stable governments. Barry Ames …

With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures,
languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the …

Electoral rules and constitutional structures can influence the level of political corruption. We
show that proportional representation (PR) systems are more susceptible to corrupt political …

A raft of new research on the causes and effects of political corruption has emerged in recent
years, in tandem with a separate, growing focus on the effects of political institutions on …

The entry of the 1997 cohort of Labour women into public life offers a test case of whether,
and under what conditions, women politicians have the capacity to 'make a substantive …

How cohesive are political parties in the European Parliament? What coalitions form and
why? The answers to these questions are central for understanding the impact of the …