The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America explores why indigenous movements have
recently won elections for the first time in the history of the region. Raúl L. Madrid argues that …

How do state parties react to the challenge of peripheral parties demanding political power
to be devolved to their culturally distinct territories? Is devolution the best response to these …

This contribution proposes an analytical framework for explaining regionalist parties'
ideological positioning in the multi-dimensional political space. It focuses on three …

The literature on regionalist parties has traditionally focused on the origins of their electoral
strength while their ideology remains an under-explored aspect of territorial party politics …

The primary dimension of political contestation for regionalist parties is the centre-periphery
dimension but they are pressured to adopt positions on the left-right dimension by …

We propose a methodology for measuring political parties' centre–periphery preferences
and positions. The proposal is based on an extension of the Manifesto Project's …

Taking into proper account the geographic distribution of ethnic groups and the operation of
electoral systems within individual countries reveals that the impact of ethnic diversity and …

The article aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of decentralisation on
regionalist parties' strength in both national and regional elections. We consider …

Scholars have unpacked the conditions out of which electorally successful ethnic parties in
Europe emerge and the important roles they play in diverse contexts. But the existing …

These assumptions have resulted in a limited, and often biased, assessment of the activities,
strategies and concerns of these parties. For example, SNRPs are often treated as single …