Despite the importance of the Left-Right dimension in comparative politics, establishing an
index that captures this dimension in both a theoretically and empirically sound manner …

Despite their centrality to modern democracy, until recently political parties were relegated to
the margins of normative democratic theory, taking a back seat to social movements, civil …

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

Recent work on the idea of political representation has challenged effectively orthodox
accounts of constituency and interests. However, discussions of representation need to …

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 …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 While Ireland was once perceived as being characterised by
conservatism, Catholicism and cultural isolation, by the first decades of the twenty-first century …

The extent to which a party system is nationalized—with nationalization being defined as the
degree to which major political parties obtain similar vote shares throughout the national …

Democracy faces stern tests around the world in the twenty-first century. Democratic Design
argues that to respond effectively and creatively, democrats need to work with a versatile …

The much-discussed crisis of political parties poses a challenge to democratic theorists as
institutional designers: how can the capacity of parties to mediate between society and state …

Political justification figures prominently in contemporary political theory, notably in models
of deliberative democracy. This article articulates and defends the essential role of …