Aus einer Vielzahl von Studien ist bekannt, dass die höheren Gesellschaftsschichten
häufiger an Wahlen und in Parteien partizipieren (Barnes und Kaase 1979; Brady et al …

In several countries, local parties have increased their share of votes in local elections. This
development has received limited scholarly attention compared to the immense interest paid …

Coalition governments prevail at the European subnational level. Although some studies
explain the formation of subnational government coalitions, we know little about the …

ABSTRACT A growing corpus of literature analyzes the effect of populist attitudes on voting
behavior with a special focus on support for populist radical-right parties. In this paper, we …

Abstract The Free Voters (Freie Wähler) party is becoming a more serious competitor in the
German party system. It gained parliamentary representation in the Rhineland Palatine in …

Using data for Dutch municipal elections between 1998 and 2018, this paper finds two
dominant trends: more political fragmentation and increasing electoral success of …

This article aims to contribute to the debate on the rise of independents in local politics and
the underlying factors driving this trend in Europe by investigating the situation in Czechia, a …

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der Frage, wie neurechte Erzählungen für kommunalpolitische
Themen aufbereitet werden und wie sie sich in Deutungsschemata vor Ort einkuppeln. Er …

Die Beschäftigung mit dem Populismus der radikalen Rechten hat mit dem Aufstieg der
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) hierzulande rasant an Fahrt aufgenommen, doch auch …

What are the strategies of political parties in multi-level government systems and how do
voters respond to these strategies? At the national and state level, many researchers have …