What accounts for variation in the electoral success of niche parties? Although institutional
and sociological explanations of single-issue party strength have been dominant, they tend …

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

Parliamentary party groups are central actors in most European democracies. This volume
analyses the manifestations and operations of these actors across thirteen different …

This paper focuses on the relationship between the party central office and the party in
public office in the relatively new democracies of Southern and East Central Europe. The …

A study of prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Australia. Tony Blair and John Howard
were election winning leaders in two similar countries. They succeeded in dominating …

What parties want–policy, office or votes–affects how they represent their voters, make
strategic decisions and respond to external changes in society. What parties strive to …

This article presents a new index for a comprehensive and systematic measurement of the
level of intra-party democracy (IPD). The proposed index is designed on the basis of a …

This article examines the impact of intra-party politics on the coalition behaviour of political
parties. The policy-seeking model of party behaviour is refined by differentiating between …

Research on contemporary party organization emphasizes the growing power of the party in
public office (PPO). The relationship between the external party organization and the PPO …

This study critically assesses the claim of the cartel party theory that the party in central office
(PCO) has lost its powers to the party in public office (PPO) as parties have adapted to …