Party and Democracy questions why political parties today are held in such low estimation in
advanced democracies. The first part of the volume reviews theoretical motivations behind …

This book is an updated version of my 2009 Habilitation treatise at the Otto von Guericke
University of Magdeburg, Germany. When I started working on the project some ten years …

Career Behaviour and the European Parliament seeks to answer the question of how a
political institution, such as the European Parliament, can impact the career ambitions and …

Por meio da análise de estatutos e outros documentos partidários, o trabalho compara as
estruturas decisórias internas das maiores legendas do país: PMDB, PSDB, PT e PFL/DEM …

Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. In Why
Regional Parties?, Professor Adam Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that …

This article addresses the effects of decentralisation reforms on regionalist parties' electoral
strength. It takes up the debate between 'accommodatists'(ie, electoral loss due to policy …

Theories that explain variations in party systems typically emphasize the role of political
institutions and social cleavages. Using a panel dataset of election returns from 15 Indian …

This article explores the hitherto underresearched relationship between state architecture
and women's political representation, specifically their descriptive or numerical presence …

The study of electoral competition of populist radical right (PRR) parties has mostly focused
on the national and supranational levels, leaving the subnational arena unexplored. This …

Do sub-national parties reproduce the programmatic orientation of the party as a whole? Or
are they able to adjust their programmatic orientation to their sub-national electorate? I seek …