Political party organizations play large roles in democracies, yet their organizations differ
widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws …

In modern democracies politicalparties exist because (1) they reduce transactioncosts in the
electoral, parliamentary and governmentalarenas and (2) help overcome the dilemma of …

Ingrid van Biezen provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of party formation and
organizational development in recently established democracies. She focuses on four …

Making use of a unique data set that includes more than 1000 leadership elections from
over 100 parties in 14 countries over an almost 50 year period, this volume provides the first …

Despite the scepticism that increasingly surrounds their role and standing in contemporary
democracies, scholarly interest in political parties continues unabated. But this interest is …

Delegation from cabinet to ministers iscomplicated because the cabinet consists of the
sameministers that are supposed to act as its agents. Inthe extreme case ministers are …

After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic
constitutions. Surprisingly, the constitutional model they most often chose was neither the …

The impact of European integration on national executives-here understood as national
central administrations, comprising both the political and the administrative parts of the …

Mathematics and democracy: Designing better voting and fair-division procedures -
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This article expands our current knowledge about ministerial selection in coalition
governments and analyses why ministerial candidates succeed in acquiring a cabinet …